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🧠 Full Network Engineering Project Documentation

Date Started: 18 April 2025

Date Completed: 1 June 2025

🔹 Overview

The goal of this project was to create a segmented home network using VLANs for main, IoT, and guest devices, with a Raspberry Pi acting as a router to manage traffic between them.

🧱 Steps Taken to Complete the Project

1. Initial Setup:

• Deployed a TP-Link TL-SG1016PE managed switch into a segmented network environment.
• Connected the main computer, Wireless Access Point (WAP), and Raspberry Pi to the switch via Ethernet.
• Linked the switch to the main router to allow upstream network access.
• Installed TP-Link Easy Smart Configuration Utility for GUI switch management.
• Assigned a static IP (192.168.50.10) to the switch, as its default IP (192.168.0.x) was in a different subnet from the main router’s network (192.168.50.x), making it inaccessible until corrected.

2. Wireless Access Point (WAP) Integration:

• Integrated a TP-Link EAP653 WAP, connected via Ethernet.

• Configured WPA2-PSK secured Wi-Fi SSIDs:

  • Cheetah2GW / Cheetah5GW – Main Network
  • CheetahCW – IoT Devices
  • CheetahGuestW – Guest Access