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[Grapefruit]

Can anyone suggest a sensibly priced ADSL router that supports VLAN please and it easy to set up.

Currently using a standard domestic router, but would like to split the connection and open up some APs to visitors. Someone suggested that VLAN was a good way to go about it by partitioning off the port which leads to the APs into it's own virtual LAN.

[npr]

Just about any Thomson / Technicolor router (TG582n) will do what you ask. It's not that easy though, you need to use telnet cli commands.
Some details here:
http://npr.me.uk/advdmz.html

Or a simpler method if you just need to split off one ethernet port:
http://npr.me.uk/basicdmz.html

[benji09]

   If you are only after  guest access facility, with the ability to fence off your normal home network from your guests, then the NETGEAR DGND 3300 will offer what you need. A problem I had on my router when I used MAC address filtering on the wifi, containing 15 addresses, the router started playing up by losing settings. I put the problem down to lack of memory in the router, and found by getting rid of some of the MAC addresses it solved the problem. I now rely on an extensive encryption key, and don't bother with the MAC address filtering............

[kitz]

The Zyxel VMG8324 should let you do this from within the webGUI although its not anything Ive personally tried.  - The instruction manual can be found here

As suggested by benji, it also has guest wifi access which may be the easiest way to do things.

Cost is usually about £100 so its not particularly cheap, but it has a pretty powerful GUI with lots of config options without having to go into the CLI... plus because its an ADSL/VDSL modem/router, its future proof.   

Its currently on offer at Eclipse for £74 inc VAT & PP, which is a pretty good price considering what you get for your money.

[roseway]

The Billion 8800NL also allows you to set up guest networks.

[Grapefruit]

Thanks guys. Currently protecting private network using Windows Homegroup but it's probably not as secure as it might be so thought a hardware option might be best.

Wifi access is from two different APs, one is the main router, but there is an external AP I'm using for guests so it's more a wired method than just guest wifi on the router.

Never understood telnet so I'd rather stick to a browser interface if possible.