my main aspects would be
- keep it simple, stupid
- basic network connectivity should not depend on a "server" that needs
maintenance and updates
I would
- use the internet nat router for wan->lan and lan ip as gateway
- use a switch with vlans to separate segments (no l3 routing required)
Gea
Hi,
for an upcoming house renovation I am thinking about the computer
network I should build there. We are talking here about a 3 floor +
cellar house, incoming network is fiber, which arrives in the cellar.
I plan to have here an own router and run cat6 or cat 7 ethernet cable
to the router/AP of each floor. I suppose I could setup wifi mesh and
or roaming using openwrt to cover the whole house and the garden.
So the main router should have a WAN port + 1 LAN port for each floor
+ 1 for the garden + 1 for the NAS, alltogether at least 6 LAN port +
a WAN port.
I am wondering, If I could use a "yet-to-be-built" NAS with Illumos
(Omni or SmartOS) as a main router, as my current one mostly idle
with 0.1 load, so it should be able to act as a router, but I have no
experience with this kind of setup.
My general idea is to build a computer with at least 2 full size PCIe
port, one for a HBA and the other one for a 4+ port network card or
maybe 2 card to cover the port requirements. The integrated LAN (2,5G
or better) should take care about the WAN, then pass the LAN card to a
zone / VM. I assume I shouldn't do routing in the GZ. Then apply VLANs
and firewall rules, set up SMB shares, and other things.
Or am I supposed to use a high-throughput LAN port instead and
delegate the task to a switch?
What are the traps? Is this a sane idea at all?
Right now I have a much smaller network built around an OpenWRT
router/AP + an OmniOS NAS, so I don't have the practical experience.
Some background info: I plan to have a workshop/lab in the cellar,
with all the infra running there. I need only ~ everyday (youtube +
web + chat + mailing) connectivitiy on the first and on the second
floor, but I'd like to have a home-office space in the attic, so we
need proper wired networking there. Our everyday work consist
connecting to citrix / RDP, downloading files, a 1G line should
suffice for the next couple of years I suppose.
How would you build this network?
Thanks for your insights.
Best Regards,
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