Setup for apartment complex
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Model: OC200
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A friend of mine asked me to help with his network in his apartment complex. It's a building with 12 separate apartments.
How the IT arranged it right now.
- MicroTik router (old and unstable)
- HP GB switch (24 port)
- EAP115-Wall walloutlet. (with POE)
- PC for remote management (LOL)
- Many meters of CAT6 and a few CAT5e cables
Their main issue is you might get is that they are all in one big network. They can see each other, the TV will find open shares, you can discover all the PC's, one decides to download whatever, all of the network speed goes down (slow), until the download is finished. They have a contract of 500/300 (down/up) but the EAP115 doesnt get over 70mb (cable). When I remove EAP and put a basic Mi Router it goes 500MB via the cable.
Most of the things I do with Ubiquiti, but availability and prices are skyrocketing, and looking for something new.
I have the freedom of what to do, so I was thinking of getting the
- OX200
- EAP225-Wall (since its GB)
- Keeping the HP GB Switch
* My goal.
Create 3 packages of the internet. (o1 = max 50mb/10mb) + (o2 = max 100MB / 25mb) + (o3 max 300mb /100mb) (the TP link supports this?
And to give the best experience of the internet. Because now, he gets every few days a call and he has to switch off the MikroTIk, whats results in no internet for everyone. Also they should be able to see each other. So they should not be able to ping or to see each other's devices.
To achieve my goal, I assume I need either the
- 1x OC200 or OC300
- 12x EAP225-Wall
- 3x TP GB Switch
The questions I have.
- The hardware mentioned above is all I need to achieve what I want?
- Any comments or suggestions?
Thanks!
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@ArjanKS OK, now I see you did mention that. I am not sure how I missed it.
There are some options in this situation.
Option 1: Use what you have
If you have an fully unmanaged switch, you can't pass multiple vlans through it. However, you could plug your access point directly into a separate port on the ER605. This assumes your access point supports VLAN tagging. If it doesn't, this won't work.
There is one problem with this setup. If you want any kind of isolation between your wired and wireless network, it won't work unless you put the ER605 in standalone mode and not use the controller to manage it.
As a side note, I am note sure why you would want the controller if the only Omada device you have is the ER605. I guess to access cloud management?
Option 2: Get a managed switch
With a managed switch, you can now use VLANs properly, even if the access point doesn't support VLAN tagging.
You will still have the limitation where you will need to put the ER605 in standalone mode if you want any kind of internal network isolation.
Personally, I would not use option 2. I think the other two are better choices depending on your budget.
Options 3: Get a managed switch that can be managed by the Omada controller
In this situation, everything should work since the ER605 and the switches will be managed by the controller.
If you want to isolate traffic, you can apply ACLs to the switch ports.
There are probably other options, but here are some to get you started.
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