Good evening all,
I have been thinking about moving my 6 camera's onto a VLAN so they are off my main network. Currently I use an Asus AC86U and have blocked the internet access to all the cameras. I access BI remotely using OpenVPN and use the WebUI as if I was at home on the network. I was looking at buying a managed switch for the purpose of setting up the VLAN for the cameras but then I realized I had a spare Asus AC1900P that I wasn't using. Can I use this wireless router to create a VLAN. My local IP is 192.168.1.xx, Would I be able to setup the AC1900P as an AP so that it uses say 192.168.100.xx and then connect the camera's to this network? Basically setting it up as an access point but not having it part of my main network.
My BI machine sits on my 192.168.1.xx network and needs to stay on there, if the above is possible I know I could install a 2nd network card in my PC to get access to the network the cameras would be on but would it be possible for the PC with BI on my main network to access the cameras on the other network without a 2nd NIC?
I know a little about networking but this is making my brain hurt thinking about whether it would work lol. The other option is I could install DD-WRT on my main AC68U and then configure a VLAN all from the same router. I watched a YT tutorial on exactly how to do this and it was even possible for devices on the main network to access the cameras but not the other way.
Hope I have made myself clear in what I am trying to achieve.
Thanks in advance for any help,
I have been thinking about moving my 6 camera's onto a VLAN so they are off my main network. Currently I use an Asus AC86U and have blocked the internet access to all the cameras. I access BI remotely using OpenVPN and use the WebUI as if I was at home on the network. I was looking at buying a managed switch for the purpose of setting up the VLAN for the cameras but then I realized I had a spare Asus AC1900P that I wasn't using. Can I use this wireless router to create a VLAN. My local IP is 192.168.1.xx, Would I be able to setup the AC1900P as an AP so that it uses say 192.168.100.xx and then connect the camera's to this network? Basically setting it up as an access point but not having it part of my main network.
My BI machine sits on my 192.168.1.xx network and needs to stay on there, if the above is possible I know I could install a 2nd network card in my PC to get access to the network the cameras would be on but would it be possible for the PC with BI on my main network to access the cameras on the other network without a 2nd NIC?
I know a little about networking but this is making my brain hurt thinking about whether it would work lol. The other option is I could install DD-WRT on my main AC68U and then configure a VLAN all from the same router. I watched a YT tutorial on exactly how to do this and it was even possible for devices on the main network to access the cameras but not the other way.
Hope I have made myself clear in what I am trying to achieve.
Thanks in advance for any help,