Linux VLAN and Unmanaged Switch Question

[Whitterquick]

Is a Managed switch needed to use the VLAN feature in Proxmox?

Is there a significant benefit to having a VLAN for VMs and Containers (including Docker, Turnkey) on a home network with more than a dozen devices?

 

[spirit]

Is a Managed switch needed to use the VLAN feature in Proxmox?

you need a switch supporting vlan, and generally they are managed to configure supported vlan list on the switch side, but I think that a unmanaged switch will simply forward ethernet frame with the vlan tag.

Is there a significant benefit to having a VLAN for VMs and Containers (including Docker, Turnkey) on a home network with more than a dozen devices?

vlan are used for layer2 security, to really separate traffic. Not sure it's usefull for your home network, if all your home devices need to access to theses vms. (you have proxmox firewall for security anyway)