Home network setup

Nutty_Death · 21 May 2019 at 20:46

Looking for some advice on networking hardware.

I'm buying a new house and doing some renovation including rewiring the house. My plan is to run some shielded cat6a at the same time for a gigabit network. I'm thinking I'll need.

24 port switch and patch panel
Router
2 wireless access points

Would likely need Poe for the APs but unlikely to need it for anything else. So I don't mind using injectors for a few ports.

I've been eyeing up UBIQUITI networks unifi products and the price adds up quickly. I'm ok to stretch price wise but tbh I just think it will be overkill. My needs are fairly basic, wanted basic network management (DHCP, DNS etc) but with good transfer speeds and seemless WiFi handoffs

I feel like I'm leaning towards ubiquiti just for the wireless APs but then I'd need a software controller?

For reference I was thinking Ubiquiti unifi.

USG
24 port managed switch
2x nanohd

But the USG seems like a weak point

Nutty_Death · 21 May 2019 at 20:53

Figured with pulling it through with electric cables it was worth using shielded

Nutty_Death · 21 May 2019 at 22:08

Interesting, that helps actually. I could install the ap controller on my microserver running freenass then just have a switch connected to my virgin router. At least initially anyway to see if I have greater needs. Would certainly be a hell of a lot cheaper.

Nutty_Death · 22 May 2019 at 04:59

I wouldn't say I'm that much of an enthusiast. I don't want to spend time playing with the configuration or do things like make a vlan, DNS server etc. Just want it to be fast and as future proof as possible.

The amount of configuration I get via my ISP router is enough really. E.g. static ips.

Poe seems to double prices of switches and I'm happy enough to use something like https://www.eurodk.com/en/products/poe-injectors/poe-injector-8-port-gigabit-802.3AT-AF-MODE-A for the APs and whatever else might come up in the future

Nutty_Death · 28 May 2019 at 05:48

DBT85 said:
Indeed. I do wonder what people think they are going to be doing that even worrying about 10g is necessary.

I just figured for future proofing. In 10 years time I don't want to regret not going for something that may handle future needs and had cable which could handle future component upgrades whilst using the same cable.

The cable isn't the main expense.

Nutty_Death · 28 May 2019 at 05:54

I am debating though whether I need shielded or not (s/FTP vs u/FTP). I really have no idea and again it's not the main expense but it seems like people think that's unecessary. UTP just looks like a faf with the hard plastic core.

The cables would terminate under the stairs where the fusebox is.