Large home network with CRS305
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2022 2:42 pm
I was wondering you guys could help me understand the potentials and how I can design and improve my network using my new Mikrotik Cloud Router Switch CRS305!
Before anything I do understand that this is a switch and not really suitable for heavy NAT and DHCP work, but for now until I get my new RB5009 (really hard to find one now) I would like to set up everything in my network and learn more about setting up a Mikrotik router/switch.
So to start with, my plan is to have a 10G network for my PC and NAS , anything else can be on a normal 1G network (mostly wireless) as you see in the diagram on the left side I have put NAS and my PC they both will be connected to my CRS305 via SFP+ ports. (still waiting for my adapters and and fibre optics so it's not set up yet)
Current network:
However I know once I get my SFP+ adapter and try to run the 10G network then the switch might not be able to handle the load, so I was reading about offloading and other stuff, was wondering if anyone could help me understand this better and guide me to set up the Router/Switch in a way it would work efficiently.
Also, I was wondering if I can put my Router, RaspberryPi and NAS on a single VLAN, all my IoT devices in another VLAN and also the miner which is connected to one of the Deco APs in another VLAN ?
Do I need a managed Switch if I want to make sure any device connected to that gets added to a specific VLAN? Or can I specify based on MAC what VLAN a device belongs to?
Apologies I am very much new to the world of Mikrotik and advance networking!
I'm open to any suggestion which can make my network more stable, secure and easy to manage!
Before anything I do understand that this is a switch and not really suitable for heavy NAT and DHCP work, but for now until I get my new RB5009 (really hard to find one now) I would like to set up everything in my network and learn more about setting up a Mikrotik router/switch.
So to start with, my plan is to have a 10G network for my PC and NAS , anything else can be on a normal 1G network (mostly wireless) as you see in the diagram on the left side I have put NAS and my PC they both will be connected to my CRS305 via SFP+ ports. (still waiting for my adapters and and fibre optics so it's not set up yet)
Current network:
- ONT connected to CRS305 via Ethernet port
- CRS305 is configured with NAT and DHCP
- SFP3 connected to an unmanaged switch to distribute internet through out the network
- Switch is also giving connection to a RaspberryPi running Home Assistant
- Another ethernet connection to a Deco M4 Mesh system, all Decos are set to AP Mode, they rely on the CRS305 for the IP and NAT
- Main Deco is linked to other Decos in the house either wired or wirelessly
- About 20 different devices mostly IoT are connected to different APs in the house
- "Mesh AP - Workshop" has a physical ethernet link to my GPU miner
However I know once I get my SFP+ adapter and try to run the 10G network then the switch might not be able to handle the load, so I was reading about offloading and other stuff, was wondering if anyone could help me understand this better and guide me to set up the Router/Switch in a way it would work efficiently.
Also, I was wondering if I can put my Router, RaspberryPi and NAS on a single VLAN, all my IoT devices in another VLAN and also the miner which is connected to one of the Deco APs in another VLAN ?
Do I need a managed Switch if I want to make sure any device connected to that gets added to a specific VLAN? Or can I specify based on MAC what VLAN a device belongs to?
Apologies I am very much new to the world of Mikrotik and advance networking!
I'm open to any suggestion which can make my network more stable, secure and easy to manage!