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pfSense + Netgear 108T Smart Switch + Cisco WAP321: Small Business Networking for the Home

pfSense + Netgear 108T Smart Switch + Cisco WAP321: Small Business Networking for the Home

Recently, I was fortunate to move into a new home that was pre-wired with Cat5 Ethernet. One of the first things I did was open my home's structured wiring closet; however, it looked like the previous owner did not take advantage of the wired network as there was no switch. I took this as a welcomed opportunity to take on a small networking project with the following goals:

  1. Provide Gigabit connectivity throughout the house,
  2. Segment the various devices into separate logical networks via VLANs, and
  3. Attempt to roll my own Gigabit router using pfSense. (I recently heard about pfSense on Security Now, episode #530.)
  4. Learn a bit VLANs and pfSense.
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