[ale] Switch for monitoring via SNMP

[Boris Borisov]

I'm not big on it neither but I do know it supports VLAN configuration on
the router ports aka uses the built-in hardware ability to setup ethernet
ports on different vlans.



On Sat, Apr 20, 2024, 13:04 Alex Carver via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> No, I already have a router for my regular computers but the things like
> the streaming devices bypass that and go straight to the modem where
> they get NATed by the modem itself instead of me handling it.
>
> I just want to be able to see all the traffic the modem passes through.
>
> Plus I ditched OpenWRT ages ago. :)
>
> On 2024-04-20 09:21, Boris Borisov via Ale wrote:
> > Openwrt on some midgrade wifi router perhaps.
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 19, 2024, 20:55 Alex Carver via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> >
> >> I'm switching ISPs and the new modem does not provide logging or SNMP
> >> access so I can get traffic information through something like MRTG. So
> >> I figured I'd put a switch in front of the modem and then monitor the
> >> traffic that way (with a catch).
> >>
> >> 1: Any gigabit switches out there that aren't cloud-based and will still
> >> give me SNMP? I have some Netgear ProSafe Plus switches but those lack
> >> SNMP. The ProSafe Pro line has SNMP but requires a cloud account to
> >> manage the switch.
> >>
> >> 2. My original thought was to use a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter (which I had
> >> sitting on a shelf) to divide things up into some VLANs so that things
> >> like streaming devices would hang off a couple ports VLANed away and
> >> using the internal DHCP server and firewall to control traffic, other
> >> things would hang off other ports, also VLANed away, and the management
> >> of the switch itself would be inside my network so I could pull stats.
> >> Problem was that it's only 100 Mbit. But perhaps that's going overboard?
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