Work in progress…
So here I will have two separate WiFi mesh systems (I found one while moving in my “tech pile”), one for my known devices with slightly different firewall rules, and one guest/IoT untrusted network as @ThatGuyB suggested.
I have two managed switches. So the hope was to send one cable between them and have the switch interpret the different VLANs and port destinations??? Is this how it works or am I wrong?
I hope this is somewhat what @ThatGuyB suggested in the thread Easy to follow Small Secured (dual stack) Network Firewall
I should be able to adjust signals and bands so they don’t interfere with each other (I may have to ask @PhaseLockedLoop as that is your wheelhouse from what I have seen when you dive into routers and AP’s [Access Points]). One is a AX wifi 6 and the other is only wifi 5. If all goes well I should be able to use wired backhaul on the wifi 6 router/AP to keep the speed up.
I should be able to keep mesh utility on both devices turning them over to AP mode, BUT I will have to see if the ethernet ports are still active or if I need a dumb switch at locations that need more connectivity such as livingroom, wifes office, etc.