TL-SG108E/TL-SG105E - 2 networks over 1 cable?
Hi everyone,
I'm looking at the TL-SG105E/TL-SG108E switches and wondering if they're appropriate for my situation.
On my ISP's device, there are 4 LAN ports - 2 are for the ordinary LAN (Internet) and 2 of them are for the IPTV service they bundle. They did run a Cat5 cable to another room when installing the IPTV, but the trouble is that I can only have 1 service active on the cable at the same time, depending on which port on the ISP device I plug the cable into.
My question is, can I use a pair of these switches and their VLAN features to create a setup like so:
- On the first switch, the LAN cable and the IPTV cable are plugged in to ports 2 and 3. Port 1 should act as a trunk port and will have the single cable running to the other room plugged into it.
- On the second switch, the other end of the trunk cable is plugged in to port 1. In case of the TL-SG108E, ports 2-6 would be used for LAN, while 7-8 would be used for IPTV.
Has anyone been able to achieve a similar setup with these devices? Any feedback would be appreciated.