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Where do I start with networking? (piefed.social)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I've gotten into selfhosting and have 3 mini PC's

ODROID H4+ for TrueNAS
One for Home Assistant
and another for Immich and Nextcloud

They're all just plugged into the router my ISP provided with network cables.

I'd like to get a managed switch or a router of my own that can function as a switch and router

I'll be putting everything in a 10" rack at some point so it has to fit.

Any suggestions or tips would be appreciated, I've done some research and looked at options but unsure what is right/wrong

I'm especially stuck on what Hardware to get. Is 2.5ghz managed switch overkill? Should I get PoE for future use?
What brands are good, what should be avoided?

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[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Whats your goal? Your current network works presumably, what are you trying to achieve by upgrading? Faster network? Reliability? Expansion options?

[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Mainly I like tinkering and building my own server and systems.

I'd like to have different VLAN's so that I can keep Home Assistant, sus wifi devices, my services, my personal network, and a guest network separate

I'll probably add more mini-PC's or hardware as time goes by, so it being future proof-ish would be great

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 days ago

If that's all you want to do, one of the cheaper Ubiquiti managed gateways would probably work and not break the bank.

If you want to tinker even harder, an open source router running https://openwrt.org/ (or even their own device) may be a good option.

[–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 days ago

If separation is all you're after, any managed switch will work. Even a "smart managed" one. But you'll need Wi-Fi access points that can actually have SSIDs assigned to VLans, like the TP-Link, Mikrotik or ubiquity (basically anything aimed at business). At least if some or many of the iot devices are Wi-Fi based.