Hello everyone i have a meeting with a networking guy who wants to install my network. However i’m not well versed on what port forwarding type and hardware is best suited for my network. I want to get your opinions on what the best setup for my network would be, so i can compare it to what this networking guy wants to offer me.
So im creating a small internet gaming cafe. It will have 1 server, 23 end user clients, 1 wifi hot spot for personal use only, It will be utilizing 2 isp cable internet lines at 200mbps each. Since it is going to be primarily a gaming cafe first and a internet cafe second i want to send all gaming traffic over one isp line, and the rest of the traffic (browsing, downloading etc.) over the second isp line.
The networking guy already purchased a switch which is a prolink Psg2420m 24 port gigabit switch. I was on the phone to him and he said he had plans to buy me a mikrotek RB260GSP. I told him to hold off on purchasing the mikrotek RB260GSP for now until i did some research. I am in a foreign country at the moment so translating to him is a bit hard and i could not find out what type of port forwarding he was going to use.
So the question is what type of port forwarding would best suit my needs? Is the hardware this guy recommending suitable for my needs or not? And if not what hardware would best suite my needs?
RB260GSP is a PoE-out switch, it doesn’t even run RouterOS but SwOS.
For your application minimum I would pick is a RB3011, it will be able to “move” 2x200Mbps fine.
Assuming premises are square, or rectangular, as AP a Hap ac placed on the center will allow you to use the rest of the ports to daisy chain other wiring (e.g. cameras), and will provide Dual band ac 3x3 wireless coverage.
If you plug cable coming from the Hap ac straight to ether10 on the RB-3011 it will power the Hap via the ethernet cable: more flexibility for placement without the need of wiring mains to the ap spot.
Yes the premises is rectangle 4m x 10m the gaming computers will be in 2 lines of 10 units back to back. I probably should have stated my budget, it is anywhere from 2000$-5000$, should i invest in a more robust router/switch with more features and ports? if so what would u recomend?
Yes the premises is rectangle 4m x 10m the gaming computers will be in 2 lines of 10 units back to back.
Then the Hap ac will be all you need for wireless coverage.
Oh yes i forgot to mention i want to install at least 4 cctv security cameras
Are they PoE-In? (they should) if so, I’ll use a a Hex Poe to power them; you need to double check which PoE (Power Over Ethernet) standard do they support first.
In this case I would place it on an optimal place to wire the cameras, then run a wire towards your main rack / router and power it using a RBGPOE PoE Injector; as it will be powering 4 devices you’d better use its standalone power adaptor with it.
I probably should have stated my budget, it is anywhere from 2000$-5000$, should i invest in a more robust router/switch with more features and ports? if so what would u recomend?
An RB3011 will work just fine, but if budget is no object then I’ll go straight to a RB1100AHx2. That will have power to add more lines, load balance / failover them, program QoS, and yet have power to spare.
RB1100AHx2 doesn’t have PoE out, but that wouldn’t be a deal breaker anyway; just use the same approach as for the cameras Hex POE: power the Hap ac via RBGPOE injector + Hap ac’s own power adapter.