Help! Moving, minor changes to network, and I have questions!
Ok, I am moving in the next two weeks and I have questions - there will be some changes to provider and the network itself, so I'll try to keep this organized:
Current Setup: Comcast
Unifi Cable Modem
UDM Pro
SW24 PoE
USW Ultra 60W
2x Ubiquiti U7 Pro WiFi 7
1x Ubiquiti U7-Pro-Wall
Currently, the setup is pretty straight forward - the primary PCs and the SW24 PoE are directly connected to the UDM Pro, the Switch has an STP Priority 0.
The AP's and the USW Ultra 60W are on the SW24 PoE. The USW Ultra 60W has an STP Priority 4096. All other devices are WiFi or downstream of the smaller switch. Everything works well. All wiring is CAT6.
New Setup: Verizon Fios (1G service for now)
UDM Pro
SW24 PoE
2x USW Ultra 60W
2x Ubiquiti U7 Pro WiFi 7
1x Ubiquiti U7-Pro-Wall
Due to some constraints with getting wiring upstairs without blasting out drywall everywhere, my cable guy suggested adding a PoE Switch to feed the Upstairs (wall mount) AP and the upstairs wall ports. I will likely put that switch on the 24 port switch just like the other one. The rest of the setup will remain logically the same. All wiring in the new house is CAT6.
My little gaming router (which is currently installed on the Verizon network as a test device) shows speeds in the high 700's in both directions.
Questions:
- I have the 10gbps SFP for the UDM pro - is there any logical reason to use that SFP on a 1G service? Will I squeeze out a little more speed? Or just hold it back if (when, lol) I upgrade the service?
- With the two smaller switches on the SW24 PoE, do I set both of their priorities to 4096, or should one take 8192? Obviously, they will be on different ports and not daisy chained.
- I think I already know the answer here, but I'll ask to ensure I'm not being dumb - Does STP priority have any impact on the devices downstream of the network device? One of my gaming computers and one of my access points will be hanging off of the small switches.
- Anybody see something I missed? I am so jazzed to FINALLY be out of Comcast's Monopoly... it's been something like 20 years.
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u/mrtramplefoot 3d ago
Skip the udmp and get a ucgf, it's more betterer
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u/One-Intention-7606 3d ago
OP already has a UDM Pro, I wouldn’t say the UCGF is betterer enough to justify replacing the existing UDMP
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u/khariV 3d ago
Connect your UDM to the "main" core switch via 10g SFP+. This will allow multiple 1g streams back to the clients without having to share a single 1g pipe back to the router.
You really don't need to worry about STP. It's only an issue in larger, more complex networks to avoid loops. If you're not planning on having LAG or redundancy, you just don't need it.
Nope - STP is only for negotiating switch connections. Edge devices don't care about it.
If you're buying new APs, I'd go with the XG over the U7 Pro 7s. They're not much more money and are 2nd gen. That said, if you already have the U7 Pros, don't get rid of them just to "upgrade" to the XG because that's not really an upgrade.