Recommendation for CAPsMAN router device

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Hello,

i am designing a network of 6-10 VLANS (with filtered access in between VLANs) and 4-6 access points in my home, around 100 devices alltogether. Few VPN connections willcome on top.

If I understand CAPsMan correctly, fully centralized management (and advanatges) is achieved using forwarding mode which puts load on the router that runs CAPsMAN. In this scenario, however, switches cannot take much/any load as traffic within VLANS cannot be handled on switch level as forwarding mode runs on layer 3.

This makes me think that e.g. a CCR1016 (maxing out router capacity in my budget) would be beneficial over a combination of e.g. RB3011 + CSS326-24G-2S+RM where quite some budge would be spent into a switch that is not very useful in my setup.

Is my line of thinking correct ?

Lars

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Hmm I was thinking the RB4011 as its quite powerful for the home scenario.
The unit you are thinking is like industrial grade lol.

3

Hi,

I read about some difficulties, the 4011 has with VLANs?

Can I add a switch for a dedicated VLAN in forwarding mode? 10 ports is barely enough.

Lars

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How much traffic (including inter-VLAN communication) are you going to route?

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Hi,

WAN connection is 300mbps (extension to 500 announced later this year). I would estimate internal traffic to be the same on top.

Lars