Prickly007
Well-known member
Shaw installed a Bluecurve gateway; I was so tired--we moved in the day before--I never asked any questions, nor noticed that it only had two Ethernet ports until the following day. WTF? It's 2019! So I am going to need some new equipment, but what?
I've been researching the issue for the last few days, but, as anyone who read my thread on Cat5e wiring thingies already knows, I know very little about networking. And, in keeping with The Twelve Networking Truths, it is [still] more complicated than I think. That said, I've come up with a couple of cunning plans... I mean, upgrade paths:
1) Unmanaged switch(s) with basic QoS, call it a day.
2) Web-managed switch(s), Unifi?
3) Full on Router, Switch & AP, Shaw Bluecurve is placed in bridge mode.
Option 2, of course, leaves the door open for option three, at a later date/if needed.
Answers to questions asked in old threads:
Budget is flexible. Overarching concern is to buy once, cry once (for something appropriate to our needs).
Shaw Internet 300, anything faster, in our case, is just epeen.
Two person household, main floor is ~1550 and upstairs is ~550 sqft. Five rooms are hard-wired for internet. Wifi is primarily needed on the main floor, at the rear of the house. Upper floor, which is primarily over the garage, will be all wired save for a tablet that I use when I get stuck in a video game and don't want to alt-tab out. Doubtful a second AP would be needed, worth the money.
New houses are still being built, so wifi congestion will likely get much, much worse.
List of devices
Wireless:
5 Ghz: tablet. Cell phone will recieve updates via wifi, otherwise likely won't be used much.
2.4 Ghz: seldom used tablet (see above)
Hard-wired:
TV w. Roku
TV w. Xbox & Steam Link
Gaming desktop
Future hardware:
Pi-hole???
Some sort of streaming music player, perhaps The Three by Klipsch/Sonos Connect/????.
A dedicated Plex/torrent server- Shaw's prices finally allowed me to win the argument, at least for now, in favour of cutting the cord. Hurrah! Telus isn't available as of yet.
No plans for any surveillance cameras.
I still need to do more planing/research regarding specific equipment, but wanted to see if others agree with the solution I have in mind.
I've been researching the issue for the last few days, but, as anyone who read my thread on Cat5e wiring thingies already knows, I know very little about networking. And, in keeping with The Twelve Networking Truths, it is [still] more complicated than I think. That said, I've come up with a couple of cunning plans... I mean, upgrade paths:
1) Unmanaged switch(s) with basic QoS, call it a day.
2) Web-managed switch(s), Unifi?
3) Full on Router, Switch & AP, Shaw Bluecurve is placed in bridge mode.
Option 2, of course, leaves the door open for option three, at a later date/if needed.
Answers to questions asked in old threads:
Budget is flexible. Overarching concern is to buy once, cry once (for something appropriate to our needs).
Shaw Internet 300, anything faster, in our case, is just epeen.
Two person household, main floor is ~1550 and upstairs is ~550 sqft. Five rooms are hard-wired for internet. Wifi is primarily needed on the main floor, at the rear of the house. Upper floor, which is primarily over the garage, will be all wired save for a tablet that I use when I get stuck in a video game and don't want to alt-tab out. Doubtful a second AP would be needed, worth the money.
New houses are still being built, so wifi congestion will likely get much, much worse.
List of devices
Wireless:
5 Ghz: tablet. Cell phone will recieve updates via wifi, otherwise likely won't be used much.
2.4 Ghz: seldom used tablet (see above)
Hard-wired:
TV w. Roku
TV w. Xbox & Steam Link
Gaming desktop
Future hardware:
Pi-hole???
Some sort of streaming music player, perhaps The Three by Klipsch/Sonos Connect/????.
A dedicated Plex/torrent server- Shaw's prices finally allowed me to win the argument, at least for now, in favour of cutting the cord. Hurrah! Telus isn't available as of yet.
No plans for any surveillance cameras.
I still need to do more planing/research regarding specific equipment, but wanted to see if others agree with the solution I have in mind.