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gigamat

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Hi I need to tidy up my lan at home as it is a bit of a mess and I want to allow for expansion into rooms.
Currently hard wired with cat5e not sure of throughput speeds but switches say gigabit ie both lights on at switch rj45 socket. I also want to put my vm internet router into modem mode and purchase a separate wireless router, but the router will need to work for other isp's modem's too as thinking of moving to sky or similar. Have been looking at the ASUS RT-AC56U? I dont want to spend a fortune but would like enough feaures, would like to look at VPN's at some point and accessing remotely.
My intentions are this.
modem
router
Netgear GS108E
Lounge switch NG GS108
TV
PS3
SKY
SONOS
Office switch NG GS108
MAIN PC
RASPBERRYPI (web server)
LINUX BOX
PRINTER
Bed1 NG GS105
TV
Bed2 NG GS105
2nd PC
TV
Bed3 NG GS105
3rd PC
TV
My main questions at this stage are

1) What router should I get for around £100

2) Can I supply Netgear GS108/5 from a POE switch?

3) Does this configuration look ok?

Cheers
 
for £100 if you arent planning to configure much you have a wide range of options from tp-links with AC wifi to other routers from asus or other brands. If you are skilled you can go with ubiquiti edgerouter or mikrotik routerboards since they have really good performance and features and some are compatible with POE. As for switches you will need to check the device specs. read the datasheet if you have to. If all your network gear can work from the same POE voltage than you can save a lot of money and it will make things easier. You may need to use a seperate network cable just for data if you want gigabit LAN speeds to pass between your router and switches. If you plan to use a lot of features available on the router such as more advanced firewall and other controls than either use a router like the asus one you mentioned or a non consumer one like mikrotik or ubiquiti. If you have the networking skill than go with a non consumer one as they are much more reliable.

If you want VPN i suggest going with a router that has either a PPC or x86 CPU. i know vm supplies more internet than an ARM based router (like all those higher end consumer routers have) arent very good at VPN. They are certaintly faster than MIPS based routers. For a per core and per clock network and VPN speed comparison MIPS < ARM A9 < TILEGX < PPC < x86. hardware acceleration isnt something you need since vm doesnt supply more than 150Mb/s and gives a really really bad upload speed unless the router CPU is very slow. On VM site to site VPN is not viable unless you intend to connect your home network to your work network or a public VPN service.

comparing PPTP VPN speeds MIPS does about 50Mb/s or lower for the fast ones, ARM A9 based ones may reach up to 100Mb/s, TILEGX does 300Mb/s per core at 1.2Ghz while PPC does 500Mb/s per core at the same frequency. Dont forget that while doing VPN the router also has to do NAT and routing and anything else you make it do.
 

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