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Notes about the switch. What is tagging? The purpose and where?

Hey! I have been using ESXi about three year now. I have two identical NIC I bought. One for WAN and one for LAN. I also discovered I had to use the onboard LAN port (3rd port!) just to be able to access the web control. (Is that normal?)

Anyway, I want to move to Proxmox, and then virtualize my OPNSense like I have on ESXi.

I get so confused by how the adapters should be. Ideally I would love to have the LAN connect to a (dumb) switch, and provide Wi-Fi. But one thing I never tried before is a VLAN to protect the LAN from the Wi-Fi traffic, but still allowing some systems to still work like streaming data from the wired PC on the LAN to the NVIDIA Shield Pro. But then keeping the Alexa/Echo system on a more restricted WiFi.

Can I do all this? I’m thinking I can, but. The hurdle of learning vlans and configuring the new Proxmox (which I’m pretty damn new to) is a daunting challenge.

I’m ready to try this though. I have a 4G wireless plus WiFi system to keep the other half happy while I tinker to get it all working.

Thoughts/Tips? Anyone?

What the heck is the point of region locking on printers. Ok so HP wants you to use proper hp ink… What. You can’t get those in any other country? People never move?

Your post stood out to me. Why isn’t it? Also what would you suggest? Thoughts on restic?

Pretty sure the IP detected was a user talking about ‘identity provider(s)’ and not Internet Protocol.

There is a plugin I use (Desktop) which never fails for this. I love it!

https://github.com/deathau/markdownload

Thanks for taking the time to post about those projects. I have heard of Mycroft but not openhab. The future is bright 🤩

Pardon my ignorance. If I want to replace my Echo dots at home, can I make some kind of like, home made ones? I like having them for light control and music etc. but. After having them a few years they certainly have limits and privacy disadvantages. I have all hue lights at home myself. The echos just act as interfaces. Nobody in the family really uses the web interface much for light control. It’s usually voice. Can I have my cake and eat it to? How? Raspberry pi?