Hi everyone,

I’m not sure if this is the right community, but the home networking magazines seem to be pretty dead. I’m a bit green with regard to networking, and am looking for help to see if the plan I’ve come up with will work.

The main image in the post is my current network setup. Basically the ISP modem/router is just a pass through and the 10 Gb port is connected to my Asus router, which has the DHCP server activated. All of my devices, home lab and smart home devices are connected to the Asus router via either Wifi or Ethernet. This works well, but I have many neighbours close by, and with my 30+ wifi devices, I think things aren’t working as well as they could be. I guess you could say one of my main motivations to start messing with this is to clean it up and move all possible devices to Ethernet.

The planned new setup is as follows, but I’m not sure if it’s even possible to function this way.

https://i.postimg.cc/7YftSFt6/IMG-9281.jpg

ISP modem/router > 2.5 Gb unmanaged switch > 2.5 Gb capable devices (NAS, hypervisor, PCs) will connect directly here, along with a 1 Gb managed switch to handle the DHCP > Asus router would connect to the managed switch to provide wifi, and remaining wired devices will all connect to the managed switch as well.

Any assistance would be appreciated! Thanks!

Edit: fixed second image url

  • MorgikanEnglish
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    9 months ago

    If your goal is more to clean up and budget can handle it, I’d highly suggest getting a managed switch (as long as its throughput matches that of your network). Setup VLAN isolation and wire everything you can to it. A 10Gbps SFP RJ45 transceiver would allow the switch to accept the full 3Gbps. Yes, the router is only 1Gbps and that’s probably going to be a bit of a factor, but you could iteratively upgrade other parts like your router as time goes on. When the time(s) are right for you, you can simply keep building on to a good base that way.

    For example, next step get another 10Gbps SFP rj45 transceiver for the other SFP slot and wire your router to that. Next step, upgrade the router to 10Gbps. Next step, add another wireless AP.