seeking home LAN recommendations and suggestions
by SaintDanBert from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6QR03)
Would my LQ Colleagues consider offering suggestions and recommendations about my home LAN configuration?
Given that the downstairs RAP is used heavily by family and visitors as well as video and IOT, does it make sense to swap that two RT-xx devices so that the stronger box is downstairs?
Are there configuration options that will separate IOT and streaming from work-from-home and similar traffic? My switches are all "managed" but I don't know how to tag traffic for a virtual LAN.
I have 3/4 acre much of which is a nice yard with a nice view. Are there good options to extend the mesh into my outdoors?
My current deployment:
I subscribe to AT&T fiber and use their fiber interface connected to their "router+access point." I call this gateway.
Gateway connects to the primary router+access point (RAP-1) This is the top-level node of a three(3) node mesh. All of the gateway and RAP-1 parts are in a closet in my office room over the garage.
The RAP-1 connects by Cat-6 to a 16-port managed switch that then provides the wire drops through-out the house. It also sources dual-band wifi to the mesh.
There is a second router+AP (RAP-2) on the ground floor that connects to
RAP-1 by wifi.
There is a third "extender" that connects to the mesh and presents just enough wifi so that my house generator can connect from the yard outside. While it is not a primary wifi connecting point, mobile devices and IOT devices often find this extender.
The mesh components are:
Thank you in Advance,
~~~ 0;-} Dan
Given that the downstairs RAP is used heavily by family and visitors as well as video and IOT, does it make sense to swap that two RT-xx devices so that the stronger box is downstairs?
Are there configuration options that will separate IOT and streaming from work-from-home and similar traffic? My switches are all "managed" but I don't know how to tag traffic for a virtual LAN.
I have 3/4 acre much of which is a nice yard with a nice view. Are there good options to extend the mesh into my outdoors?
My current deployment:
I subscribe to AT&T fiber and use their fiber interface connected to their "router+access point." I call this gateway.
Gateway connects to the primary router+access point (RAP-1) This is the top-level node of a three(3) node mesh. All of the gateway and RAP-1 parts are in a closet in my office room over the garage.
The RAP-1 connects by Cat-6 to a 16-port managed switch that then provides the wire drops through-out the house. It also sources dual-band wifi to the mesh.
There is a second router+AP (RAP-2) on the ground floor that connects to
RAP-1 by wifi.
There is a third "extender" that connects to the mesh and presents just enough wifi so that my house generator can connect from the yard outside. While it is not a primary wifi connecting point, mobile devices and IOT devices often find this extender.
The mesh components are:
- FID == (AT&T Fiber Interface)
- GTW == BGW-320-505 (AT&T Router+AP+Phone)
- RAP-1 == ASUS RT-AX82U
- RAP-2 == ASUS RT-AC86U
- EXT == ASUS RP-AC55
Thank you in Advance,
~~~ 0;-} Dan