Switch to offset workload on rt-n66u

[Wyleekiot]

I have a rt-n66u (suprise!!) And am looking to offload some of the switching duties and ideally use it for wireless only. I currently have 2 gs-108 hubs sitting behind it which are both full as well as 11 wifi clients it serves. My home network consists of 2 hd homeruns fed from attic antaenna, a w2012r2 server running plex, minecraft server, sickbeard, couchpotato, sabnzbd and my dvr suite, 4 openelec clients connected to tv's and the obligatory pc's, tablets and phones on a home network. My concern is that im over saturating my poor rt-n66u and creating a bottleneck. Any suggestions on replacing the gs-108s with preferrably 24 gigabit ports and a interface providing as much control as the rt-n66u?

 

[JackMDS]

Here is a PDF file that demonstrate the control of a Programmable Switch.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...sg=AFQjCNE5U93xBP0ye03lboJaJI6pJciZtw&cad=rja

Read it and see to what extend it is providing a partial replacement to some of the Router setting that you use.

Depending on how you use the Network do not be surprise if it would Not do much.

If wireless load is your problem the solution is to use more APs. More APs can be installed in a way that will also provide much better coverage then One AP (no matter how good and under-loaded it is).

 

[sdifox]

Ebay an off lease 48 port switch.

example http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=301698939271&alt=web

 

[Wyleekiot]

Wireless routing would be left to the rt-n66u of course so what i think i need would be probably standard stuff. Port forwarding, mac reservations, firewall and something akin to the rt-n66u "QoS" where it prioritizes traffic based on its type. I have no clear indications the rt-n66u is overloaded but seems that im asking a lot of such a little box and that a soho device might be a bit better fit. If a managed switch doesnt seem right would a separate soho router be a better fit? This is all in a rack btw so rackmount is a plus

 

[sdifox]

So run pfsense in hyperv

 

[Wyleekiot]

I already had a procurve 2824 in my ebay watch list... im assuming the software is the same just 24 ports vs 48?

 

[sdifox]

I already had a procurve 2824 in my ebay watch list... im assuming the software is the same just 24 ports vs 48?

Should be