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    Network setup for multiple IOT (30+) devices

    If you have the skillset, best bang for the buck would be actual VLAN-capable gear plus wifi APs built for 2.4Ghz density. Example stack: EdgeRouter X ($60) (or EdgeRouter 4, $175, if you have gig internet) Two used Ruckus R500's off eBay (usually $50 ea., ~$100-120 total) Optional managed PoE...
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    Ruckus R510's and R610's on eBay for cheap

    They smoke the commodity sheet-metal origami and "good-enough" engineering products, especially when interference and/or density is high. The stuff is so good I'm at the point where I pretty much won't use anything else, aside form buying Cisco CBW if it has to be new and somewhat inexpensive...
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    Business router/WiFi for 100-150 devices?

    Hi @Josh502 - Welcome. First, a few questoins: How kind of internet do you have and how fast (down and up, in Mb/s)? So ~50 wireless devices? (100 total, minus 50 LAN devices)? Any VoIP / video conferencing? Any other latency-sensitive traffic of stuff that would likely need QoS? Any...
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    Another home/SMB network recomendation request

    MoCa is viable as an ethernet alternative, but in this case full house-wide ethernet is being installed. Powerline adapters are just not a good long-term solution; operational certainty is way too low (may work, may not; may start out working, then degrade at random or all at once). You won't...
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    Multiple routers or mesh?

    @thiggins - Very welcome, and you're not kidding. I can't for the life of me understand why Ubiquiti, or Omada, or any other clone, hasn't introduced an embedded controller option by now. I'd presume it's simply because the code base is too fat and/or exists in a language/architecture that...
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    Multiple routers or mesh?

    If you really need/want cheap for the sake of cheap, while still getting the same result, buy two used Ruckus R500's off eBay, often listed for ~$50 each (here's an example of two for $39 each), then flash the latest Unleashed firmware for the R500 (free download, just have to register a Ruckus...
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    Multiple routers or mesh?

    @filiptepper - Welcome. Many here would tell you to just add another R6400, or any old all-in-one router running in "AP mode", or whatever brand extender or standalone AP, or even consumer mesh that supported wired backhaul (Asus AiMesh, Deco, Orbi, Eero, etc.), and while any/all of those would...
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    Another home/SMB network recomendation request

    @Sharpe - Very welcome. I would start by exploring some options to hire this out. Here's a few residential AV/network outfits in the Hartford area on Thumbtack. In particular, Lynx Systems appears to work with Ubiquiti, so they probably install and setup UniFi systems all the time. (I also saw...
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    Another home/SMB network recomendation request

    Hi @Sharpe - Welcome. SNB has been a bit quieter since the forum overhaul, and the holidays I'm sure only add to the slowness. A few surface questions to start: - Budget: Considering the gear you've already mentioned, I'd presume you're ready to invest into the low-to-mid $x,xxx range if...
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    Monoprice Cable - OK?

    You could mix brand/category, but I'd opt to keep it simple and run the entire job using one kind. Either sell the Monoprice and go with a higher-end 550Mhz commercial Cat6 product like those we've been talking about, or double down on Monoprice and buy however much additional you might need...
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    Monoprice Cable - OK?

    @sfx2000 - No debate Monoprice wouldn't work. But if TAA/BAA true commercial-grade matters to you (no judgement if it doesn't), then Monoprice is a non-starter. @Avery - Entry-level solid-core UTP usually has simpler construction and lighter-grade materials, resulting in frequency, cross-talk...
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    Ruckus R510's and R610's on eBay for cheap

    For anyone who wants to move on from consumer beta-ware and/or commodity antenna tech, there's an increasing amount of Ruckus R510/610's going up on FleaBay for <$150 each these days. Here's a link to a current batch of R610's for $99 a pop (they'll probably be snatched up by the time anyone...
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    Need some advice for a business setup

    @CraftyP - Welcome. Do you have blueprint images you can upload of each floor to this thread? Short of that, roughly how much square footage is each floor? Do you have ethernet throughout the building, and/or the ability to run additional ceiling drops for wifi? Lastly, do you have any kind...
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    Unable to connect Asus RT-AC66U B1 router with centurylink modem router combo C400LG or C3000Z.

    @joang16 - If CL confirms your traffic needs to be tagged, select Transport Mode, option 1 (Tagged-201), but you'll have to mark your own WAN traffic on egress from the router with VLAN 201 (per this Reddit post using an OPNsense box). I'm not sure if AsusWRT (or Merlin) is capable of that; you...
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    goCoax MoCA 2.5 adapter

    It won't. Leaving DHCP *on* and doing static reservations is best practice here. I just did a home office installation with three GoCoax adapters for a customer via this method and all worked flawlessly. Just make sure you have solid RG6 in the walls and good quality splitters, with...
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    Wired Router Recommendation For Symmetrical Gigabit WAN

    I'd skip the consumer beta-ware and focus on SMB/community-grade wired boxes. If all you need is basic 2Gb/s aggregate NAT and no software-based services on the box, then you should be able to get away with a lower-power CPU architecture that relies on hardware-accelerated NAT. EdgeRouter 4...
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    New Home Purchase - Wireless and Wired equipment

    @Last - Welcome. Pretty good advice so far, albeit a few areas need some attention. Cabling: ISP (WAN) - In through the basement. In-house (LAN) - Quality Cat6 is all you'll need for 1Gb, multi-gig and even 10gig under 180 feet (see my previous post for the particulars). Presuming that...
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    Wiring the house

    @RickMo - I've personally had really good luck with Klein Tools -- I'd call it a tier or two above the real cheap stuff. Here's their crimper/stripper combo unit for Pass-Thru connectors. I'm not aware of a combo unit that will do pass-thru and classic; I'd probably just buy one for each...
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    are VLANs sufficient to separate two LANs?

    Hi @ScottInOtt - While VLANs will naturally create Layer 2 (MAC layer) isolation, you still need to block/permit access at Layer 3 (IP layer), between IP networks/subnets/addresses/groups, either on your router/firewall, or layer 3 switch(es) if you have one/several. For traffic that would move...
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    Dual WAN setup help needed

    @RickMo - Glad it's gone so well thus far. Regarding the speed bump -- yes and no. By default, the RV340 is setup to send normal TCP sessions across both links, which tends to give the casual observer the illusion that you really are "combining" both into one, when, in fact, they are still...
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