I am trying to setup a new network in our small town but I am not sure what is best.
Our town hall has a internet connection and the main router is a netcomm NF18ACV.
We would like to setup a couple of rooms with 50 computers each for elderly and youths to have access to computers.
Everything will be wired, wireless is restricted to very few people (i think i will make a white list of MACs)
I will have to split (is it called segmentation?) the network for some sort of security and easier management.
Here is what we have:
Main router is a Netcomm NF18ACV
we have:
2x HP switches 2510G-24
3x Nortel switches Baystack 5510-48T
1x Netcomm router NF8AC
1x Linksys router WRT 1200AC
My original idea was to have L3 routers and create subnets where the routers will handle the hosts but it looks like these switches are only L2.
So now I am not sure on what to do. Will our main router able to cope with about 200 machines connected to it? Will using these switches easy the burden on the router?
About 50 machines will have a static IP address so i think i need to run a server handling the DHCP and static IP
I am happy to help our community but my knowledge on setting up such a network is a tad above my current skills. I can work on linux (ubuntu/debian) and i know a bit about networking.
What I am thinking is something on these lines:
<main router>
<hp switch>
[some computers]
[second router] ---> Nortel switch [40x computers]
---> Nortel switch [40x computers]
on the second router i will run a PC with ubuntu 20 server and DHCP to handle the 80+ pc connected to the nortel switches
Will it work or I need a totally different approach? The town has some fundings but limited and if I can make it happen with what we got would be a bonus
Our town hall has a internet connection and the main router is a netcomm NF18ACV.
We would like to setup a couple of rooms with 50 computers each for elderly and youths to have access to computers.
Everything will be wired, wireless is restricted to very few people (i think i will make a white list of MACs)
I will have to split (is it called segmentation?) the network for some sort of security and easier management.
Here is what we have:
Main router is a Netcomm NF18ACV
we have:
2x HP switches 2510G-24
3x Nortel switches Baystack 5510-48T
1x Netcomm router NF8AC
1x Linksys router WRT 1200AC
My original idea was to have L3 routers and create subnets where the routers will handle the hosts but it looks like these switches are only L2.
So now I am not sure on what to do. Will our main router able to cope with about 200 machines connected to it? Will using these switches easy the burden on the router?
About 50 machines will have a static IP address so i think i need to run a server handling the DHCP and static IP
I am happy to help our community but my knowledge on setting up such a network is a tad above my current skills. I can work on linux (ubuntu/debian) and i know a bit about networking.
What I am thinking is something on these lines:
<main router>
<hp switch>
[some computers]
[second router] ---> Nortel switch [40x computers]
---> Nortel switch [40x computers]
on the second router i will run a PC with ubuntu 20 server and DHCP to handle the 80+ pc connected to the nortel switches
Will it work or I need a totally different approach? The town has some fundings but limited and if I can make it happen with what we got would be a bonus