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Routers & Other Networking Stuff
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Vyemm Raider
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I went with this one. It arrives Friday, so we'll see how it goes. Thanks for the suggestions.
I've got an older version of that- This guy Are you doing a proxmox dealy and running the router in a vm with a passthrough nic? I half ass started to run pfsense in a vm on my server which is running truenas core, but my brain started hurting about cabling, and passing through the nic was a bit squirrely when i tried last. I do want to get a 10g connection between my nas and main pc at somepoint, but that's a few nic purchases out.
Definitely have been eyeballing random sff machines for a pf or opnsense router box tho.
Jovec
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Yes, proxmox and running Opnsense as a VM. You just need two network interfaces. 1 goes to the cable modem or which ever WAN device you use, the other goes into your network switch. They both will be setup as bridge devices, but the WAN-side is just used by OPNsense, while every other VM will share the LAN side bridge device. You don't need to pass the NIC through for a home network. I do pass through my HBA card to my TrueNAS Vm though.
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Vyemm Raider
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Opnsense is what I'm thinking for my setup, but I was going to install it directly. I don't know shit about Proxmox so it hadn't even occurred to me.
Pretty sure you’d want to pass a 10g nic. Could be wrong. I don’t have a 10g switch, so was going to try some shenanigans with a point to point connection to my pc once I picked up some nics and fiber. But that way lies madness. I’m not doing proxmox tho. I’m running truenas on bare metal and forking around with the router in a vm there. I’ll fuck around with it more at some point if I don’t snag a mini pc to use as a router. Just means downtime for my servers
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Vyemm Raider
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Well, the device showed up and one of the ports is fubar. Sending it back and getting a refund. Time for a new plan. Here's what I'm going for:
My current setup is as follows:
AT&T U-Verse Internet ( I have to use their Modem. It's set to: 192.168.1.1 and works in IP Passthrough mode )
Netgear router ports ( Set to 192.168.2.1 )
U-Verse Modem
Switch ( Every room has multiple RJ-45 jacks going directly to this in my 'server room' )
Drobo 5N ( Current NAS for media storage / backups. Static IP: 192.168.2.30 )
Deco mesh system for all Wireless connections ( Setup as 192.168.3.1 )
I've just been using my dated Netgear router and the Drobo without any extras, so this will be a huge upgrade for me. I currently use a Kodi box on each TV to watch stuff while I'm home, but I need something like Plex to access my media while on the road... and the Drobo can't run Plex ( I tried ). I'd like to upgrade my setup with something that can run Router/Firewall/Plex ( maybe something to filter Ads and such ). I was thinking maybe Proxmox with OPNSense and Plex installed? Should I setup separate devices for each individual function, or if I go with an all-in-one device, what would I need for number of CPU Cores, memory, etc.?
My current setup is as follows:
AT&T U-Verse Internet ( I have to use their Modem. It's set to: 192.168.1.1 and works in IP Passthrough mode )
Netgear router ports ( Set to 192.168.2.1 )
U-Verse Modem
Switch ( Every room has multiple RJ-45 jacks going directly to this in my 'server room' )
Drobo 5N ( Current NAS for media storage / backups. Static IP: 192.168.2.30 )
Deco mesh system for all Wireless connections ( Setup as 192.168.3.1 )
I've just been using my dated Netgear router and the Drobo without any extras, so this will be a huge upgrade for me. I currently use a Kodi box on each TV to watch stuff while I'm home, but I need something like Plex to access my media while on the road... and the Drobo can't run Plex ( I tried ). I'd like to upgrade my setup with something that can run Router/Firewall/Plex ( maybe something to filter Ads and such ). I was thinking maybe Proxmox with OPNSense and Plex installed? Should I setup separate devices for each individual function, or if I go with an all-in-one device, what would I need for number of CPU Cores, memory, etc.?
Kiki
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Control
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No idea how that compares to coax, but I tried one of the ethernet over powerline adapters a while back. It worked, but it was a bit finicky and the speeds weren't great, not sure if that was an actual limitation or if it could be better with a better adapter. For occasional/light use it would probably be ok, but I wouldn't want it as my main connection unless there are much better adapters.
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Kithani
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I used MoCA in an older rental house like 5-6 years ago and got pretty good speeds with it I think?
I don’t know your use case but mine was
Gigabit fiber - MoCA - Access Point in a separate room of the house and I could get about 500-600mbps at the acess point which was obviously slower than gigabit but better than any other internet I’d ever had before. Having used Ethernet over power lines (shitty) before in college I thought MoCA was a far far superior experience
edit: I just noticed
Control
‘s post above and agree 100% with his assessment of Ethernet over power. MoCA felt completely different- 3
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Gigabit Fiber to a Ubiquiti Router to 8 port poe switch. Ports will be for AP, office switch, up bed2, NVR. Going to add two more ethernet runs for two exterior poe cameras in the soffit, front and back. Master Bed tv and Living room tv i know i cant run ethernet to due to wall construction without major drywall repairs, but have coax outlets. Essentially wishing those two to be ethernet for 4k streaming from my plex server without murdering my wifi. Good thing is all of that is run into a large downstairs closet so no issue removing the splitter and multiplexer on the coax to isolate the lines and be right next to the network gear. Sounds like MoCA will fit the bill. Thanks!
Intrinsic
Person of Whiteness
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I finally got to the point today to toss on this Trendnet 16 port PoE switch for my three office drops, NVR, Tablo, and soon to be another AP and a couple of downstairs devices as soon as I can figure out a plan to get cable from upstairs to downstairs. I was amazed everything came up immediately and was pretty worried that this unmanaged switch was going to be a huge pain in the ass. Accidentally bought that one instead of a managed one. Everything tests 1 gig though so I'm happy.
PoE is for a camera in baby nursery and a couple of exterior cameras once I can figure out the soffit or other penetrations.
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I really feel like my home network needs a 2.5g Poe lite and a 10g aggregator. I’ve got a new synolology ds923+ and a small hypervisor host(minisforum Ms-01) I’m setting up now that could use the bandwidth. And I think my 2 u7 pros could benefit from the increased bandwidth for internal streaming.
Utnayan
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Any recommendations on a good wireless router? 2.5 gb coming into the house now. My alien amplify is flaking out a bit and also locked at 1gb. Looking for 10gb WAN and having all LAN ports be at least 2.5gb. Had my eye on the TP-link GE800 as that seems to fit the bill but was wondering if you folks had other recommendations.
Palum
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Whatever works honestly. They all only last a year. TP link is a decent value buy.
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UI just launched a new Dream Router 7. 2.5gb ethernet WAN port and 10gbSFP+ port with 2.5gb switch.
Dream Router 7 - Ubiquiti Store
Desktop 10G Cloud Gateway with integrated WiFi 7, PoE switch, microSD storage, and full UniFi application support.
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Palum
what Suineg set it to
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UI just launched a new Dream Router 7. 2.5gb ethernet WAN port and 10gbSFP+ port with 2.5gb switch.
Dream Router 7 - Ubiquiti Store
Desktop 10G Cloud Gateway with integrated WiFi 7, PoE switch, microSD storage, and full UniFi application support.store.ui.com
Fuck it I bought one. My TP-Link mesh setup died after like 18 months and I had been using the default AIO box from my fiber provider for a few months because I'm cheap, but it's pretty garbage and only wifi 5. I bought the 5 year support since these things always die on me. We'll see if I can get by with just this or if I have to start running cat 6 for an additional PoE AP.