Hi all
I am buying a property that has the master socket in a cupboard under the stairs (FTTC). The property is also networked with 1 ethernet socket per room and also terminating under the stairs. My existing network consists of a Draytek Vigor 130 connected to an Amplifi HD router.
I obviously don't want the Amplifi under the stairs for Wi-Fi signal reasons and I can't replace the system yet (I have another 2 x Amplifi HD routers as mesh nodes) so looking for the simplest way to do what I want which is to have the primary Amplifi HD in the lounge. I may be overthinking things, but this is what I have come up with:
I could purchase 2 managed switches that support VLAN's (looking at TP-Link TL-SG108E). Create 2 VLAN's, 1 = WAN and 2 = LAN. Assign VLAN 1 to port 1 on each switch, assign VLAN 2 to ports 2-7. Port 8 is a trunk. Connect the Vigor to port 1 in the switch under the stairs, connect port 8 to the patch panel that leads to the lounge. In the lounge connect the wall to port 8 on the switch. Connect port 1 on the lounge switch to the WAN port on the Amplifi. Any LAN devices can then use ports 2-7. This should work, right?
OR am I massively over-complicating things. Could I purchase 2 dumb switches, plug everything in and it will also just work because: broadcasting?
Thanks
I am buying a property that has the master socket in a cupboard under the stairs (FTTC). The property is also networked with 1 ethernet socket per room and also terminating under the stairs. My existing network consists of a Draytek Vigor 130 connected to an Amplifi HD router.
I obviously don't want the Amplifi under the stairs for Wi-Fi signal reasons and I can't replace the system yet (I have another 2 x Amplifi HD routers as mesh nodes) so looking for the simplest way to do what I want which is to have the primary Amplifi HD in the lounge. I may be overthinking things, but this is what I have come up with:
I could purchase 2 managed switches that support VLAN's (looking at TP-Link TL-SG108E). Create 2 VLAN's, 1 = WAN and 2 = LAN. Assign VLAN 1 to port 1 on each switch, assign VLAN 2 to ports 2-7. Port 8 is a trunk. Connect the Vigor to port 1 in the switch under the stairs, connect port 8 to the patch panel that leads to the lounge. In the lounge connect the wall to port 8 on the switch. Connect port 1 on the lounge switch to the WAN port on the Amplifi. Any LAN devices can then use ports 2-7. This should work, right?
OR am I massively over-complicating things. Could I purchase 2 dumb switches, plug everything in and it will also just work because: broadcasting?
Thanks
