Ok, thanks - at least that means I'm not chasing ghosts here. There is documentation for how to set it up in standalone or controller mode. In the second scenario there's two options to use either Omada hardware Controller or the Omada Software Controller. Since I don't have the hardware option, that leaves either standalone or controller via software. Per the QRC that came with the router:
Standalone mode - configure and manage the router singly
Controller mode - Configure and manage the network devices centrally. It is recommended in the large-scale network, which consists of mass devices as access points, switches and gateways.
This means I have to use the Controller mode to do the configuration, which does not appear all that well documented on TP-Link's site. There do seem to be some videos on the topic from YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie38-OXuE94
But this is all TP-Link hardware he's using. He's also creating vlans for subnets of the same parent:
192.168.10.w as the parents/admin LAN subnet - VLAN 10
192.168.20.x as a kids subnet - VLAN 20
192.168.30.y as an IP camera subnet - VLAN 30
192.168.40.z as a guest network - VLAN 40
It seems easier I guess to keep everything on the same parent as the controller (192.168), but wouldn't that be sacrificing security for convenience? I don't expect a ton of hacking attempts against me from the meanies out there, but wouldn't separate networks make it even more secured? I don't know that the Linksys Router can do DHCP nor the Netgear switch for the wired portion, so it may limit my options by the hardware anyway, but would like to know an experts thoughts...
Finally, does anyone have experience with this Omada software? It looks pretty straightforward from the YT tutorial if all the hardware is native to TP-Link, but how is it with non-member hardware?
Standalone mode - configure and manage the router singly
Controller mode - Configure and manage the network devices centrally. It is recommended in the large-scale network, which consists of mass devices as access points, switches and gateways.
This means I have to use the Controller mode to do the configuration, which does not appear all that well documented on TP-Link's site. There do seem to be some videos on the topic from YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie38-OXuE94
But this is all TP-Link hardware he's using. He's also creating vlans for subnets of the same parent:
192.168.10.w as the parents/admin LAN subnet - VLAN 10
192.168.20.x as a kids subnet - VLAN 20
192.168.30.y as an IP camera subnet - VLAN 30
192.168.40.z as a guest network - VLAN 40
It seems easier I guess to keep everything on the same parent as the controller (192.168), but wouldn't that be sacrificing security for convenience? I don't expect a ton of hacking attempts against me from the meanies out there, but wouldn't separate networks make it even more secured? I don't know that the Linksys Router can do DHCP nor the Netgear switch for the wired portion, so it may limit my options by the hardware anyway, but would like to know an experts thoughts...
Finally, does anyone have experience with this Omada software? It looks pretty straightforward from the YT tutorial if all the hardware is native to TP-Link, but how is it with non-member hardware?