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Client Isolation – printer won’t play

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• November 14, 2024 at 5:40 pm #6454
  OldGuy

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  I set up a VLAN for my smart thermostat, cameras and printer. I wanted to set this VLAN for client isolation, but if I do this the printer shows offline.

  Is there a solution other than to create a VLAN dedicated only to the printer, or is there a way to keep it with the other IOT devices?

  I’m learning as I go, trying to tighten up my household security. Thank you for your thoughts

  November 14, 2024 at 5:54 pm #6457
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  Thermostats and cameras don’t print, so putting the printer in the same IOT VLAN with client isolation won’t hurt them. You want to be able to print from devices connected to LAN and other VLANs such as Guest. Just check the appropriate boxes on the Network Settings page. For example, check all of the boxes corresponding to the IOT VLAN column under the VLAN section. This way, devices connected to VLANs other than the IOT VLAN will be able to initiate communication with devices on the IOT VLAN. But devices on the IOT VLAN can’t initiate communication with other devices, nor can they talk to each other.

  You may want to enable mDNS to help your computers find the printer.

  November 14, 2024 at 9:56 pm #6458
  OldGuy

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  Thank you – It is now set to client isolation and it printed a test page, so all is well. Much appreciated.

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