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Can anyone recommend a good network setup? I need access points and a router. Router should support SFP+ for WAN and LAN and be preferably rackmountable. Access points should be low profile, ceiling mountable (would look good in a house), and PoE. Ideally it would support authentication through AD via RADIUS or other for the main network, as well as provide a guest network. Being able to manage it all centrally would be a huge plus.
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Aug 19, 2022 22:49
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Have you considered products from Ubiquiti ? I know they support most of what you're looking for. - PoE - SFP + - Low profile access points that are wall/ceiling mountable w/ PoE - RADIUS authentication (I have used their RADIUS auth hosted by their own hardware. I am not sure if they support user info being hosted elsewhere) - Central management - Rack mountable (do not buy their rack. It uses a proprietary mounting system that only works with their hardware) An additional plus is that some of their hardware is fan-less.
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Aug 20, 2022 07:41
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What's the use case? Home or business? I've got Ubiquiti at home and love it. If business, what scale? - How many APs? - What speed internets? - How many switch ports? What's your budget, or ball park expectations?
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Aug 20, 2022 08:17
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Sir Sidney Poitier posted:What's the use case? Home or business? I've got Ubiquiti at home and love it. Home, lab environment and adding 6 poe cameras around the outside. 2 APs, fiber coming in will be 5gbps over SFP+ adapted to cat 6e copper. Thinking of running VyOS as a router with SFP+ input from fiber and out to the switch, then an SFP run to the file server and one to my own desktop because epeen. The rest of the network is fine on 1000, but a total of 8 devices need PoE. Specifically, will ubiquity APs handle both internal network traffic and a guest network on a separate vlan? Will the choice in router work as well? What pitfalls are there in running something like that?
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Aug 24, 2022 05:33
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Paladine_PSoT posted:Home, lab environment and adding 6 poe cameras around the outside. 2 APs, fiber coming in will be 5gbps over SFP+ adapted to cat 6e copper. Thinking of running VyOS as a router with SFP+ input from fiber and out to the switch, then an SFP run to the file server and one to my own desktop because epeen. The rest of the network is fine on 1000, but a total of 8 devices need PoE. I've had good luck with Mikrotik's stuff. The routers basically just work, and unless you're doing ISP tier stuff with BGP routes and whatnot are pretty great. The CCR2004-1G-12S+2XS is what I have for my multi-gig service, and it does anything I ask it to without really noticing the load. I have yet to use the two 25 gig ports, but the siren song of 2.5 GB/sec network shares compels me. Ubiquity wifi devices will do vlans and multiple SSIDs, so as long as you don't need to constantly mess with things, tend to just run until they fail or get replaced. Get the Pro models, they take real PoE vs. the junk passive PoE, and tend to be pretty solid in my experience. The UniFi6 Pro does require PoE+, but injectors are like $12. I wouldn't get a PoE switch, as they're absurdly hard to find right now, and prices are reflecting that.
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Aug 27, 2022 02:12
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Methylethylaldehyde posted:I wouldn't get a PoE switch, as they're absurdly hard to find right now, and prices are reflecting that. hm i have a rack mount 24 port gigabit PoE injector, wonder how much I could get for it
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Aug 31, 2022 18:27
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theres a whole thread about this poo poo here: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3442319 where you might get more and better answers/discussion
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Aug 31, 2022 18:48
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Unifi has been a good set it and forget it solution for my home & lab networks. It has some quirks but overall it’s been the easiest solution I’ve deployed so far.
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Jul 31, 2023 22:56
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+1 to Unifi, still my favorite
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