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    Help with Network Layout for 2-story home

    Thanks again :) Our ATT wifi extenders have officially crapped the bed, so I had to place an interim order for a TP Link EAP225 to hold us over until I can get the decision made. We literally have no consistent wifi anywhere in the house except the garage now :) I'll have to install it Friday...
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    Help with Network Layout for 2-story home

    Thanks for the insight! I also meant to ask you, earlier you recommended the SG350 series over the SG250 series switch, but I’m not seeing much different between the 2 other than MAC address entries, max Vlans, and 4 SFP vs 2? Just curious what I’m missing as I did find a used 250 for a good...
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    Help with Network Layout for 2-story home

    Any issue buying new Cisco gear on eBay in terms of warranty / support? https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-SEALED-CISCO-SG350-28P-K9-28-Port-Gigabit-PoE-Managed-Switch/142923247041?epid=508113543&hash=item2146e3adc1:g:U84AAOSwrR5bibfj:sc:FedExHomeDelivery!77433!US!-1
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    Help with Network Layout for 2-story home

    Yup! Off to do a bunch of reading on AP's, L3 routing, and VLAN....then to make a decision :)
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    Help with Network Layout for 2-story home

    Thanks again Trip for taking the time to provide such a thoughtful response. So FindIT identifies all devices and allows me to access them for limited basic setup as long as I have a device with the Probe embedded. Once I have the IP address of each device I can then log on to individual...
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    Help with Network Layout for 2-story home

    So, silly question, does Cisco have a unified management console for their hardware (router, switch, AP)? If so, would it be crazy to mix and match equipment? Everything I’m reading points to the ubiquity ER-4 router being favored over the Cisco RV340. However, even though people love the...
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    Help with Network Layout for 2-story home

    Trip, Thanks for the reply and good heads up on configuring the HPE switch. That’s definitely way more complexity than I have time to learn at this point in time. I find it all very interesting and would love to be able to learn more about it, but 2 kids in sports and theater means I just...
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    Help with Network Layout for 2-story home

    You guys/gals are awesome! The only work I do on the router side now is to setup static IP’s for all my hard wired gear. I prefer not to have to go into CLI, but I can if necessary. Having said that, I can’t imagine there’s much I would need to configure in a switch? Part of me wants to just...
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    Help with Network Layout for 2-story home

    Thanks for the detailed breakdown and suggestions on hardware setup. Let me try to followup with individual sections. Comparing the Cisco RV340 and the ER-4, I'm seeing nearly the same hardware specs between the 2 and price nearly the same. I definitely don't have any near term need for QOS...
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    Help with Network Layout for 2-story home

    Wow, some of those racks are impressive! I wish I had the networking know-how for that :). The discussion on the ubiquity setup was way over my head ;). I definitely am not in position to spend that kind of time to learn all that terminology. My needs are pretty simple, reliability and...
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    Help with Network Layout for 2-story home

    Okay, let me try to answer everything. The short answer is I can run Cat6 anywhere. Really minimal coax runs. Basically anywhere that needs cat6 can get it. Upload speed is around 300mbs. The 2 switches are in the office and living room (multiple PCs in office and multiple devices in living...
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    Help with Network Layout for 2-story home

    Lots of good reading there, thank you!
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    Help with Network Layout for 2-story home

    Just looking at the Cisco sg350 switches, is there a performance hit when using managed switches? I certainly won’t need any of those mgmt, QOS, etc. features. Or do I just make sure and not enable any of those things that may have a performance impact?
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    Help with Network Layout for 2-story home

    Thanks that helps! I’m wondering of I shouldn’t consider a switch with 4 10Gbe ports for a bit of future proofing? I’ve been wanting to move to a dedicated NAS for a while, but do extensive video and photo editing so want to have nearly SATA performance on networked media.
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    Help with Network Layout for 2-story home

    So I’ve got some reading to do, but one thing I saw on the Cisco router was a tcp throughout of 900Mbps. Shouldn’t this be 1000Mbps for a gigabit router or am I confusing things (most likely I’m confused as I’m outside my depth on these technical details :) ). Do you have any recommendations...
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    Help with Network Layout for 2-story home

    I’m doing exactly as you mention. Hardwire where we possible (even TV’s :) ). I am getting the full speed from the fiber. The slowdowns typically come when I’m utilizing heavy internal traffic such as streaming a ripped UHD 4K Blu-ray. The Server I’ve got can handle sustained transfer speeds of...
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    Help with Network Layout for 2-story home

    No issues running the ATT equipment for routing? I definitely don’t like the interface with the ATT gear in terms of WLAN setup. It’s really clunky and I’ve had issues with setting and maintaining static IP’s. I’ve been eying prosumer bear for a while but I don’t know much about the setup of...
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    Help with Network Layout for 2-story home

    Hello all, I've got what I think is a pretty basic question. I've seen similar questions answered on the site, but it's been a while. I've got a 2 story 4500 sq ft home, with a network closet downstairs (marked with red arrow on attached diagram). I've got Gigabit fiber from ATT at the house...
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