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I'll also need to do an equipment upgrade in the near future. Thinking of replacing our stopgap all-in-one device with Ubiquiti kit, e.g. an EdgeRouter, POE AP, switch. Anyone have experience with this? Is it overkill for a small home network?
My home network is a little over the top, but it works well and I'm able to do anything I might want. I have a FTTN connection which was using a draytek router in bridge mode but recently switch to a TP-LINK Archer VR1600v (in bridge mode) on the recommendation of a regional ISP owner I do work for. This increased my speed by close to 15Mbit to 92Mbit/28Mbit. This is connected to a PC router (6 ethernet ports) running a standard Linux and a 24 POE switch. I like the flexibility of a full Linux disto for my router. The WIFI is provided by three UniFi AP's and we use VoIP for the phones in the home office and five portable phones for the home service. I'm a fan of Proxmox and so I have a server with 16 drives running LXC and KVM images. This runs the PBX, UniFi Controller, MythTV Backend and a number of other services. So your question about overkill ? Good Internet with good WIFI coverage and all the wired Ethernet you can get is a great idea. The cost of power is probably the biggest issue and reducing this has been a focus of mine of the last few years. Cheers Mike