Hi
Long time reader, first time poster. I would like advice as to what I can do to improve my network. I was thinking about creating some VLANs based on the great and easy to follow guide that was posted up in the How to.
Down to business...
I have Roadrunner Cable. 30Mbit down/1Mbit up.
From my cable modem, I go directly to my aging BEFSR81 Router. (I would love to get a replacement, just not sure what to get. This router has had the lowest latency I've seen for any replacements I tried in the past, but I want one with a 10/100 wan at least).
My main gigabit 'zone' is dual procurves 1800 series. My wireless router is set to switch only which is a WNDR3700 (mounted far away on the ceiling).
Procurve 1, 2 and the Netgear router all have static IPs based on the BEFSR81s IP range. All device IPs are assigned from 192.168.1.2 up to 192.168.1.250. All subnet masks are the same.
I guess my question becomes.. should I replace my BEFSR81? (Price not an issue, within reason). Should my procurve 2 be going directly to my router instead of to procurve 1? Should I change anything with the IP ranges or settings? Should the Voip box be on the gigabit routers (procurves) instead of the top level router (I did that because I thought it would have a better priority). I guess any advice I would appreciate. I designed this network a couple years ago and I kept upgrading/moving devices.. but now I think its time for some change.
Again, I appreciate any advice.
Long time reader, first time poster. I would like advice as to what I can do to improve my network. I was thinking about creating some VLANs based on the great and easy to follow guide that was posted up in the How to.
Down to business...
I have Roadrunner Cable. 30Mbit down/1Mbit up.
From my cable modem, I go directly to my aging BEFSR81 Router. (I would love to get a replacement, just not sure what to get. This router has had the lowest latency I've seen for any replacements I tried in the past, but I want one with a 10/100 wan at least).
My main gigabit 'zone' is dual procurves 1800 series. My wireless router is set to switch only which is a WNDR3700 (mounted far away on the ceiling).
Procurve 1, 2 and the Netgear router all have static IPs based on the BEFSR81s IP range. All device IPs are assigned from 192.168.1.2 up to 192.168.1.250. All subnet masks are the same.
I guess my question becomes.. should I replace my BEFSR81? (Price not an issue, within reason). Should my procurve 2 be going directly to my router instead of to procurve 1? Should I change anything with the IP ranges or settings? Should the Voip box be on the gigabit routers (procurves) instead of the top level router (I did that because I thought it would have a better priority). I guess any advice I would appreciate. I designed this network a couple years ago and I kept upgrading/moving devices.. but now I think its time for some change.
Again, I appreciate any advice.