What Two Switches? Network Design Help :)

[Scouse]

So. Need some help with two things. Switch choice and network design.

First up - switch choice.

Either this Netgear 8 x 1Gb switch + 2x 10Gb port jobby:

Netgear 8 Port Gigabit Switch Managed Switch With 2x 10G Uplink ports

Buy from Scan - 8 Port Netgear GS110EMX Gigabit Ethernet Plus Switch with 2x 10G auto-adapt 5-speed networking ports

www.scan.co.uk

or this, 5 x 2.5Gb + 2x 10Gb port QNAP:

QNAP QSW-2104-2T 6 Port Desktop Switch 2x 10GbE, 4x2.5GbE Ports

Buy from Scan - 6 Port Qnap QSW-2104-2T Unmanaged Desktop Switch, 2x 10GbE RJ45, 4x 2.5GbE RJ45, 60Gbps Switching

www.scan.co.uk

...or something else?


Next up: Does this work?

Spoiler

Basically:

• Switches are a 10Gb backbone. They connect 'Router + Barn' to 'House'.
• House has more wires - to TV/PC and to Wifi points - which will also talk to wifi mesh points
• Second wire to 'Outbuilding' to another Wifi point - which can also talk to either another mesh point in 'cabin' (or simply serve the cabin without another mesh point)

So yeah. Does this work?
If not, how do I fix it?
If it does - would you do something differently/potentially better?


Edit: Squiggly green lines denote where the mesh would potentially be. (In the house really). No squiggles, no mesh.

 

[Deebs]

I will have a proper look tomorrow as getting ready to watch the footie.

My network is Ubiquiti and I have a 10gb backbone and a mix of 2.5gb and 1gb port switches and 2 of their dual band access points with around 10 WLANs on it, I run a heavily segmented network at home with my firewall as the default route for most things to enforce security.

 

[TdC]

I have an older, unmanaged, version of your top switch and I gotta say it does what it says on the tin. Bit noisy though. Re networking, my homies at work all swear by Ubiquity. I reckon you should listen to Deebs if he remembers to reply

 

[ECA]

Checkout hasivo on aliexpress, they do some a bunch of 2.5gb and 10gb switches with/without poe that undercut all the normal brands.

 

[Scouse]

Thanks @TdC & @ECA - (the hasivo switches are interesting) - but I've bought 2x the netgears now. Not had time to set 'em up yet - might have a go this week

I think this netgear is supposed to be fanless, so should be quiet.

 

[TdC]

mines got two of them little ....30mm? fans in it. I can deffo hear it in the office.

 

[Scouse]

mines got two of them little ....30mm? fans in it. I can deffo hear it in the office.

They must have updated the design - datasheet says fanless. It was one of the considerations, don't want noisy

 

[Deebs]

As per @TdC :

 

[Scouse]

What've you done that little dashboard in @Deebs?

 

[smurkin]

Unifi server app?

 

[Deebs]

Correct, its the Unifi management app where you configure eveything, it also backs up everything, produces reports etc.

 

[Deebs]

eg, I clicked on the Lounge Rack switch and I then get an additional popup which I can then click on ports and other stuff to configure the switch.