Question Home network switch advice

[Kneedragger]

Im moving into a new house in a couple months and think I'll need a new switch.
What I have.

- TP-Link Archer C9 AC1900
- Netgear 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet
- 5 rooms with cat6 that will have a streaming box set up.
- 1 NAS for media files
- 1 PC set up with Blue Iris
- 2 IP Cameras with PoE injectors
- 2 Unifi APs with PoE injectors

I toyed with the idea of getting a 5 port switch to put the Blue Iris PC and IP cameras on but also wonder if I should just get one switch for everything.

Also do these larger switches have the option to get more than one cable from the router? Seems like a big load to feed off one cable from the router.

 

[SamirD]

I would definitely go with the 5-port for the POE stuff. Those switches usually use more power and if you get a single unit that's poe, you'll have more power usage than you need for just the basic switching for the rest of the stuff.

 

[ch33zw1z]

IMO, whether or not you get a Poe switch depends on what you prefer when managing poe devices. Just remember one of the ports will need to feed back to the main switch or router.

Do not run two cables from the router to a single switch. A single gigabit link will work just fine for what you're doing. A second cable will be out of spec and potentially cause problems

 

[Kneedragger]

IMO, whether or not you get a Poe switch depends on what you prefer when managing poe devices. Just remember one of the ports will need to feed back to the main switch or router.

Do not run two cables from the router to a single switch. A single gigabit link will work just fine for what you're doing. A second cable will be out of spec and potentially cause problems

Thanks for the tip

 

[boomerang]

You're not saying that you desire to eliminate the PoE injectors but you've gotten one response as if you had planned to. If that is your plan, do some research. You need to for certain, and at the very least, understand the terms passive PoE and auto-sensing.

You need to know what voltage your cameras and AP's will accept. I have a single Hikvision camera that will run on from 36V to 57V. My UAP-AC-Lite will run on 24V. To further complicate things, Lite models made before a certain manufacture date run on different specs.

If you want to power 4 devices PoE on the same switch (assuming the voltage requirements are all within the range the switch is capable of), make sure the switch you purchase can supply the combined wattage required.

Without knowing what models of what you have that's what I have to contribute. You can definitely damage some hardware if you start plugging in devices without making certain you're providing the right voltage. You may not be able to find a single PoE switch that will power everything if that is your wish.

 

[Kneedragger]

You're not saying that you desire to eliminate the PoE injectors but you've gotten one response as if you had planned to. If that is your plan, do some research. You need to for certain, and at the very least, understand the terms passive PoE and auto-sensing.

You need to know what voltage your cameras and AP's will accept. I have a single Hikvision camera that will run on from 36V to 57V. My UAP-AC-Lite will run on 24V. To further complicate things, Lite models made before a certain manufacture date run on different specs.

If you want to power 4 devices PoE on the same switch (assuming the voltage requirements are all within the range the switch is capable of), make sure the switch you purchase can supply the combined wattage required.

Without knowing what models of what you have that's what I have to contribute. You can definitely damage some hardware if you start plugging in devices without making certain you're providing the right voltage. You may not be able to find a single PoE switch that will power everything if that is your wish.

The voltage difference was one of the factors upfront that made me decide to not go with a PoE switch to keep it simple. But I'm not 100% against it. I would just need to do more research if I did want to..

My main noob concern is if I go with a 16 port switch with all this connected to it and one ethernet cable going back to the router will I have bandwidth issues.

 

[SamirD]

My main noob concern is if I go with a 16 port switch with all this connected to it and one ethernet cable going back to the router will I have bandwidth issues.

You shouldn't have any bandwidth issues since you'll have a full 1Gbps pipe going to your router.

If everything is on the switch then everything has full switching bandwidth and the one cable going to your router is essentially for Internet only which even if you have 1Gbps service will still have plenty of bandwidth.

 

[Kneedragger]

You shouldn't have any bandwidth issues since you'll have a full 1Gbps pipe going to your router.

If everything is on the switch then everything has full switching bandwidth and the one cable going to your router is essentially for Internet only which even if you have 1Gbps service will still have plenty of bandwidth.

Thanks for the info