My experiment with non-open networking - and Why and How I'm moving back to open source for good!

Published at : 23 Dec 2025

=== Links ===
Show Notes
https://wiki.opensourceisawesome.com/books/vlans-and-advanced-setup-on-open-source/page/setup-a-router-firewall-with-vlans-in-openwrt

Download OpenWRT for X86 Hardware
https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/

Other Videos / Channels to help in your Journey
OneMarcFifty
https://www.youtube.com/c/onemarcfifty

OneMarcFifty on OpenWRT VLANs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeuZqRqH-ug&t=1250s

Dev Odyssey
https://www.youtube.com/c/DevOdyssey

Dev Odyssey on OpenWRT and VLNA Setup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3aYMqt-b_c&t=763s

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=== Timestamps ===
00:00 Beginning
00:09 Introduction to our Goal
04:00 Thank you to my Patrons over at Patreon, and my Subscribers at Youtube
04:40 Install OpenWRT on X86 Hardware
10:15 Setup our LAN Port First Time
12:27 Install the LUCI (Web UI) Interface
13:15 Setup OpenWRT System Information
15:10 Setup our Interfaces in OpenWRT
18:30 What Are VLANs Really?
19:20 Adding VLANs in OpenWRT
23:25 Make our LAN use one of our VLANs
24:50 Add Interfaces for our other VLANs
27:50 Applying our Changes (CAUTION)
30:28 Testing our VLANs and Internet Connectivity

=== Contact ===
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=== Attributions ===
Intro and Outro music provided by https://www.bensound.com