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General Discussion / Re: Need help with new setup/install Mini PC, 6x2.5GbE 1 subnet, DHCP on 5 ports
« on: April 02, 2024, 11:53:31 pm »
It is not so much the size of the switch but the speed I wish to keep. The gaming lan I would like to keep everything 2.5gb. Everything thing else I am happy with 1gb. To get a smart 2.5gb switch is really expensive that is part of the reason I chose the mini computer that I did. I figured one wire = one 2.5gb branch, but I really didn't think the access point would choke like it did. (cheap junk or limits of mesh technology?) I use the Mesh Access point as wifi bridge (not possible to set in bridge mode) that my 3rd AP grabs the signal and sends it into my detached wired office. I have been fairly pleased with the speed and the range of the wifi coverage. I felt that I was asking way to much from the little Deco hardware and it was over worked and would crash at least once a month and I would have to reboot everything manually until it recovered.
The way it was wired is how it was shown. I ended up dropping the 2nd access point. Then I was was having issues with the access point themselves. They are TP-Link Deco x55 they seem to work nice until they sync up with the cloud and all hell breaks loose. I reset the OPNsense router to right after I setup the bridge. Then plugged a dumb switch in front of the AP and walked away.
My original plan was to run wires to: router NICs are 2.5gb (I know I will never see that but my plan was to be available when I am LAN gaming with my nephews. hoping to keep 2.5 from router to game room)
ETH0= WAN
ETH1= lan bridge
eth5= 2.5gb computer I was using to set things up
eth2= 2.5gb living room to (smart switch) 1gb
eth3= 2.5gb game room (dumb switch 2.5gb)
eth4= 2.5gb was a wire out to the yard where I have an outdoor rated WIFI6 access point that also covers the house and about 300ft away.
eth5= 2.5gb went to another AP I had in the house. (I believe it was to close to the other AP causing problems, removed it) The wifi was still missed up so I did a system reset on wifi and still couldn't connect. That is when I reset the firewall and ever thing is working. But I have next to no security, right now.
I did have openDNS setup for a while so IDK if it was blocking the TP-link AP from reaching the cloud or another firewall rule I set had blocked it. I can't find much support from TP-LINK. But I am kinda worn out with missing with it. I did find a OPNsense Book 4th gen I just ordered from Amazon and going to start reading and see if I can get caught up.
I feel like I need to draw up my network topology and layout all my goals. Is their any chance there is an interactive tool or website that I could enter my network and use groups to get a list of recommended settings and plugins to use?
I want to have an office, streaming, (XBOX) gaming, zones and eventually a vlan to connect my sisters network next door to mine to share our printers and my game servers for my nephews. But I don't want the traffic to go out over the WAN. My ISP is really slow 25mb/5mb which would making gaming impossible. But I believe over WIFI6 it should be acceptable.
I attempted to find an OPNsense retailer, partner, tech in my area. But the nearest place was over hour away and only posted commercial rates.
I am about 2 hours south of Washington DC and about 2 hours North of Richmond Virginia.
sorry for the novel again. Lots of ideas rolling around in my head and trying to figure out which ones are on track and which ones are just confusing me.
The way it was wired is how it was shown. I ended up dropping the 2nd access point. Then I was was having issues with the access point themselves. They are TP-Link Deco x55 they seem to work nice until they sync up with the cloud and all hell breaks loose. I reset the OPNsense router to right after I setup the bridge. Then plugged a dumb switch in front of the AP and walked away.
My original plan was to run wires to: router NICs are 2.5gb (I know I will never see that but my plan was to be available when I am LAN gaming with my nephews. hoping to keep 2.5 from router to game room)
ETH0= WAN
ETH1= lan bridge
eth5= 2.5gb computer I was using to set things up
eth2= 2.5gb living room to (smart switch) 1gb
eth3= 2.5gb game room (dumb switch 2.5gb)
eth4= 2.5gb was a wire out to the yard where I have an outdoor rated WIFI6 access point that also covers the house and about 300ft away.
eth5= 2.5gb went to another AP I had in the house. (I believe it was to close to the other AP causing problems, removed it) The wifi was still missed up so I did a system reset on wifi and still couldn't connect. That is when I reset the firewall and ever thing is working. But I have next to no security, right now.
I did have openDNS setup for a while so IDK if it was blocking the TP-link AP from reaching the cloud or another firewall rule I set had blocked it. I can't find much support from TP-LINK. But I am kinda worn out with missing with it. I did find a OPNsense Book 4th gen I just ordered from Amazon and going to start reading and see if I can get caught up.
I feel like I need to draw up my network topology and layout all my goals. Is their any chance there is an interactive tool or website that I could enter my network and use groups to get a list of recommended settings and plugins to use?
I want to have an office, streaming, (XBOX) gaming, zones and eventually a vlan to connect my sisters network next door to mine to share our printers and my game servers for my nephews. But I don't want the traffic to go out over the WAN. My ISP is really slow 25mb/5mb which would making gaming impossible. But I believe over WIFI6 it should be acceptable.
I attempted to find an OPNsense retailer, partner, tech in my area. But the nearest place was over hour away and only posted commercial rates.
I am about 2 hours south of Washington DC and about 2 hours North of Richmond Virginia.sorry for the novel again. Lots of ideas rolling around in my head and trying to figure out which ones are on track and which ones are just confusing me.
