# LAN3 - connected to the Samsung Smart TV # LAN2 - connected to the Android smart box ZTE ZXHN H108L (router which acts as a switch only) # LAN - connected to the ZTE ZXHN H108L LAN4 port # LAN - connected to the TP-Link TD-W8901G LAN4 port # LAN4 - connected to the TP-Link TD-W8901G LAN3 port # LAN3 - connected to the Raspberry Pi (for smart home use) # LAN1 - connected to the ASUS RT-AC1200G+ (which acts as an access point) # WAN - connected to the TP-Link TD-W8901G LAN1 port # LAN4 - connected to the TP-Link TL-PA4010 powerline adapter (on the same floor) # LAN3 - connected to the ASUS RT-AC58U LAN4 port # LAN2 - n/c (IPTV used to be connected here via powerline) # LAN1 - connected to the ASUS RT-AC58U WAN port TP-Link TD-W8901G (router, acting as an ADSL modem and now also as a switch) Wiring of the working network setup is the following: Second floor Both of these routers have almost the same web interface which led me to believe that the underlaying firmware is also almost the same. The solution uses VLAN tagging capabilities of both TP-Link TD-W8901G and ZTE ZXHN H108L routers but I'm still puzzled why it works even though none of these routers support VLAN trunking. In case someone else might stumble upon the same question I'm going to post my working configuration here even though it's currently hardware specific one. I (somehow) made it work using an old router which was collecting dust laying around even though theoretically it shouldn't work. ![]() I'd like to invest minimum amount of money to make it work and since I have a couple of old routers laying around I thought I could use them as switches but I dont know if it's even possible to make VLAN trunking (combining two VLANs into the single LAN port) with low-end routers like this? Is it possible to send two separate LAN signals through a single-port powerline adapter like this? Combine IPTV and LAN cables into the single cable either by using RJ45 Y-splitter or by manually making Y cable where 2 pairs would be used for LAN and the other 2 pairs for IPTV (this would limit LAN speed to 100 Mbit but my internet speed is way below 100 Mbit anyway).Theoretically there seem to be at least two ways to do it: I have a house with two floors and the following setup which works great:Įven though I have internet via wireless from the router on the 2nd floor, now I'd like to also have LAN connection on the first floor at the same location as my IPTV STB but installing cable from the 2nd to the 1st floor is unfortunately out of the question.
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