I have a complicated "compound" of three buildings spread across an acre. I currently have a Google Wifi Mesh system that, uhhh, has challenges. The setup has the main house, which runs a single CAT5E to the next building, and, after a switch, over to the third building. also via CAT5E. The main house, due to home runs on every installed ethernet, and lack of enough ethernet, has three switches. Dedicated runs to each camera is not possible. They run on the same network as eveything else. VLAN woudl be possible with the right equipment, but it would be a lot due to the switches.
I am not a real computer geek, but have been around them forever, and have the ability to terminate RJ45, test them, etc. I can handle setting up and configuring software. My current desktop is a Linux machine that I use to control my headless Win 10 BI box. I am not averse to figuring out how to set up pfSense/Netgate, if that is included in a recommended solution. I am not looking for another mesh system, as I have wired back hauls for everything. I would need four APs, two in the main house, one in each of the buildings.
Eventually I want to replace it due to these challenges. I would like:
I am not a real computer geek, but have been around them forever, and have the ability to terminate RJ45, test them, etc. I can handle setting up and configuring software. My current desktop is a Linux machine that I use to control my headless Win 10 BI box. I am not averse to figuring out how to set up pfSense/Netgate, if that is included in a recommended solution. I am not looking for another mesh system, as I have wired back hauls for everything. I would need four APs, two in the main house, one in each of the buildings.
Eventually I want to replace it due to these challenges. I would like:
- Obviously firewall protection, built in is fine, this isn't Fort Knox.
- I will have a GB switch right after the modem and router, to keep LAN traffic off the router, if needed.
- All APs will be wired.
- VLAN capable
- Guest Wifi capable