VLAN handling
Does anyone know how Deco units handle VLAN tags that aren't part of their own operation?
I've got 3 deco units with ethernet backhaul. The deco is also configured with the guest network on VLAN 10. I'd like to add another VLAN (say, 20) to this mix, handled by another router on the same physical ethernet.
Normally, I'd expect a VLAN aware networking device to ignore any VLAN traffic that it isn't actively looking for. I'd also expect a VLAN aware device that has 2 ethernet ports to pass VLAN traffic. But as we all know, deco is not exactly a normal device.
So, first question... will the deco try and do something with this new VLAN 20 traffic? Like... treat it as untagged home network or chunk it in with guest or drop it or something?
Second question... if I try to use one of the backhauled satelite deco units as a 2 port swtich will the deco pass that VLAN 30 traffic from the backhaul port and out the other port? I want to place a vlan aware device next to one of the satellite deco units but really don't want to add a 5 port swtich if I don't need to.