Splitting the home network
Who wouldn't want to separate the traffic at home for security reasons. The more common ones include wireless guest and wireless users. I've logically classified my devices and users as: Wireless guests and un-trusted wireless IOT devices, e.g. xiaomi and ewelink Wireless users and tablets Gaming machines and media boxes An application/server type network A lot of this has to do with configuring the router. I'm using the Asus RT-AC88U Separating wireless traffic for guests For splitting the wireless traffic, it's easy enough to use the wireless router and create a guest network without access to the intranet. This will allow "guest" devices to connect to the internet at a lower bandwidth and unable to connect to the local network. QoS media, gaming and work machines For gaming, i would say the router did it all. Just need to enable QoS and other router features that automatically prioritises the devices that you want. Application/server ne...