Going from Home to Small business (NAS+CCTV) - AiMesh and possible managed switch

[keyboard99]

I am about to move location which we have fully wired each room with CAT6 back to the server rack.

My current system is as follows but I want to separate the LANs for the CCTV, TV's and the home LAN v Business LAN.

Current Set up

3x 86U in a wired backhaul Mesh
Synology NAS running both home and business files.
CCTV cameras from a POE switch.
All managed by the Asus Main router, either DHCP or static IP's on the same LAN.


I was looking at a adding a 48 port POE switch into the new location so all connections go back to that however I want to maintain the 3x86U and add in a AX86U as its a much larger property with thick walls.

I believe I would have to wire from the main router to each node to maintain the mesh wired backhaul.

What I don't quite get is how I would then manage the switch to separate the LANs I need to create. I am tempted to get another Synology NAS and run one dedicated to the business and the other for the home network and surveillance Station for CCTV (8-9 POE cameras).

I hope that makes sense. I know enough to be dangerous but not enough to be safe! So any advice would be most welcome.

 

[Tech9]

What is 3x86U? RT-AC86U, RT-AX86U, RT-AX86U Pro?

You plan the same consumer AiMesh. What is SMB in it?

 

[keyboard99]

my current place I run 3x AC86U's in the AiMesh, 1 as the main and 2 as nodes. I will add an AX86U Pro to these when I move as the main router.

 

[Tech9]

So what exactly is moving to Small Business? This is exactly the same AiMesh on End-Of-Life routers. No VLAN support.

 

[keyboard99]

I am just bringing the whole kit with me but I want to put the business NAS on its own subnet and the home NAS on another and CCTV on another for security. MY hope was a adding a managed switch to the system would allow this as I now have all rooms wired back to a central location as its a house / office. So all CAT's from the house run to the office server rack so its all nicely in one place.

 

[Tech9]

This is only possible if the switch is running the entire network with VLANs and DHCP servers. One of your home routers as Internet gateway only, the rest as APs. If you want AiMesh on top you have to figure it out how to configure the switch so it doesn't break it. Why don't you replace the old routers with VLAN capable APs with PoE power? RT-AC86U is not only EoL, but also perhaps the most unreliable router Asus released in recent years.

 

[keyboard99]

This is the layout. Orange dots are all wallplates at plug socket level, some of these are near TV's and TV boxes which require wired connections hence wanting to use the AIMesh node's LAN ports to serve these locations. I don't have any ceiling access points. Using the ISP provided box in modem only mode.

 

[Tech9]

See Ubiquiti U6 In-Wall and Omada EAP615-Wall as examples for wall plate AP. They replace your wall plates and provide Wi-Fi plus LAN ports.

 

[keyboard99]

Thanks fhe advice, those would work and they could link to a local switch where I need in one other location. I was looking at 48 port POE switches, which one would you recommend that would work with either of those wall plates?

maybe this one?

https://www.broadbandbuyer.com/products/44136-tp-link-sg3452p-cloud/