Inquiries regarding network upgrade
Inquiries regarding network upgrade
Network enhancement (PFSense router + switches) aimed at VLAN support—confirm before buying parts. For more on your goals, refer to the details below. Should I be able to run my existing Asus RT-AC66U as an AP for several VLANs? If not, could you use the Ubiquiti AP to create a separate Wi-Fi for each VLAN? You aim for a 10GbE link between your main PC (with add-in NIC) and server (built-in NIC), with both connected via the Netgear switch. You also want a 1Gb uplink from each machine to the PFSense router. Would setting up VLANs in PFSense redirect that 10GbE traffic through the switch instead of directly between the devices?
2. Yup, they do that easily, I have done that a few times with no issue. 3. No real reason to have vlans from what you have listed. Just run the make it one big network unless you want to seprate the devices for annouther reason. The traffic will go from the pc to the switch to the server, won't touch the router(assuming its setup right, and thats the default normally)
Likely not, many of those units don't support tagging or VLAN awareness. Most consumer devices just assume untagged traffic. 2) That's fine, you can handle it. 3) If they were in separate VLANs, you'd need a device that can route at 10Gbps. If they're in the same VLAN, use the switch's built-in routing instead.