On Sat, Nov 26, 2022 at 05:53:34AM -0600, o1bigtenor wrote:
I'm in a similar situation - - - they're dragging in fiber out in the country. Its being worked on at this point so I'm not connected yet but soon I hope.
Lennart - - - you're talking about connecting direct to your firewall (likely an appliance). I've acquired a mini pc (like the intel nucs), a second mini pc that I will be dropping likely pfsense (firewall) on and also a managed switch.
I got this equipment idea from reading recommendations for businesses.
Besides less equipment - - - - is there any other advantages to only running a firewall and then your home lan?
Well as far as I can tell, rogers is using the XB8 gateway which has 3 gigabit ports and 1 2.5Gbit port. It uses the 2.5Gbit port to connect to the ONT, so you have no way to get wired connections faster than 1Gbit each plus whatever the wifi does. Having a proper routers able to actually handle 2.5Gbps wired would seem nice. Is it essential? Of course not, very few devices have more than 1Gbps wired ports. It just seems wrong to not have the option. I also doubt a single wifi AP will provide coverage for the whole house. For my town house it has been fine, but the new house is bigger. I figure I need at least a couple, and wifi repeaters are a bad idea (they usually waste at least half the bandwidth available). -- Len Sorensen