We are currently setting up a serviced office with 30 tenants. A typical tenant only has 2 or 3 employee using their office, sometimes 1 only.
Maximum client is at around 50-100 max, office spaces are fairly small and can only fit up to 2-3 persons.
ISP speed is up to 1000/1000mbps. Our plan is to create 30 vlans, each tenant has their own vlan and subnet.
We also plan to deliver 50/50max to each tenant.
Which of these devices is the best for this type of setup:
RB1100AHX4
CCR2004-16G-2S+
CCR1009-7G-1C-1S+
Can you recommend which one is the best router for our setup.
That is like asking which Car should I buy,
but you dont tell us what type of roads the car will travel on, or the weather conditions expected…
In other words you have a decent start to requirements but need more info.
What if any are VPN expectations?
What if any are remote access to office computer?
What if any servers in any of the offices?
Any other details that may prove useful…
Assuming your connection to these offices all wired with managed switch(es) (type model)?
What if any are VPN expectations? None
What if any are remote access to office computer? None
What if any servers in any of the offices? None
Any other details that may prove useful… Tenants are only startups, no complicated use case. Just browsing and emails. We only provide service to startup companies that just needs a workspace.
Assuming your connection to these offices all wired with managed switch(es) (type model)? We use Linksys LGS552. Each offices have IO’s that are connected to the switch.
Just need a suggestion for a simple setup that is bang for the buck.
Setup is simple, tenants only use browsing and emails. We only provide service to startup companies that just needs a workspace.
We just need to separate each office’s network, hence separate vlan per room.
I think most of those models are overkill for 30 tenants doing just email and browsing.
The only reason to go high, is that your linksys has an SFP+ port and thus being able to connect the router to the switch over the SFP+ port makes sense to me.
So the basic requirement is one SPF plus port
Therefore a smart budget move is the RB4011 $219US (arm32)
One SFP+ port / 1gig RAM / 512MB Storage / 3-4GIG throughput
Even better, its newer sibling is the RB5009 $219US (arm64)
On SFP+ port / 1gig RAM / 1GIG Storage / 3-4GIG throughput
Also has a 2.5 gig port (some ISPs provide such a connection?? and some switches now have that specific capacity??)
The RB1100 has no SFP+ ports!
If your budget has no boundaries LOL, the CCR2004-16G-2S+PC has TWO sfp+ ports, justification, a backup port if one of the SFP+ ports malfunctions.
It has 16 gigabit ports as well.
From the above 3 you selected I would suggest the CCR1009-7G-1C-1S+ … this will be an excellent choice … I also suggest that based on your stated requirement you should seriously consider the RB5009 that would also serve your purposes very easily and save you a bundle.
Concur, the model you have selected has two internal fans, if noise is not an issue, I like the idea of ACTIVE cooling. LOL
I have the CCR1009 at home and that thing gets hot…, I might try cooking eggs on it
Just to be clear, I think you only need the RB5009 or RB4011 at $219 and thus you can keep the other $250 bucks and throw a party.
Seriously if budgeted for $500 I would simply buy two RB5009s or two RB4011s and have one configured to do a quick swap if one fails.
Then you are within budget and have a backup readily at hand for any emergency.
That is what I would do, without question, but depends on the contract you have with the 30 tenants and how critical the connection is…
its only for startups LOL.
