Segmentation of non-vlan aware access points

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hi,

I’m using several TP-Link Deco M5v3 (EU) in AP-mode on which I cannot pass VLANs since the accesspoints are not VLAN-aware.

The main-deco is connected via cable to the main OpenWrt router. The other decos are connected wirelessly via the regular Deco app. On the main router I use VLAN 50 for the deco network and IP addresses in the 192.168.50.0/24 for the devices that connect to the deco’s.
Indeed all devices that are connected to wifi get a IP address in the mentioned range.

Can I segment the 192.168.50.0/24 network on the main OpenWrt router via aliases so that I can create an interface for each of the 4 /26 subnets so that I can add these interfaces to distinct firewall zones?

How can I define / accomplish this on the main router?
Of course I need to assign for each wireless device a proper IP-address via static leases so that the devices fall in the correct segment.

Thanks for your support.

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No. This type of setup requires VLANs which you said is not possible on the APs.

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OK, thanks for your reply.