Comment on How do I securely host Jellyfin? (Part 2)
Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week agoWow, that was a lot more comprehensive than what I was hoping for. Thanks.
I was particularly interested in the CRS310 because it had 2.5G ports with the ability to eventually later even expand into 10G. 10G speeds aren’t really relevant for me (for now) since I mainly want the speed advantage for slightly faster transfers to my NAS but I would be interested in 2.5G capability. Do you think it makes sense to pick one of the devices you recommended, specifically the hAP ax2 and then if I want to get into 2.5G territory to buy an unmanaged 2.5G switch? Speeds of 2.5G and more are only interesting for transfers between my own local devices for me. I don’t need the rest of the network to have fast access so I guess the hAP ax2 makes more sense to buy than ax3. The ability to open my own WiFi network is also quite attractive so I can have local access even from my laptop or phone which I guess is another point in favor of the Home/Office AP route.
tychosmoose@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Sure. That plan would work. You might want to be sure that this is permitted at your university.
Universities often have strict rules about what should connect to their networks.
Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Ah I may have misused the word dorm. It’s more of a shared appartment rented by multiple students so there aren’t any limitations in that regard fortunately.
tychosmoose@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Ah, got it. That plan should be great. You can segment your own wired+WiFi network with that hardware, and even do Wireguard from the hAP ax2 to get whole-network egress via an outside VPN service at a good data rate, if you want.
The other devices you might consider as the router are the GL-iNet Slate series. They will be slower as a VPN router, but they’re pretty small and light. They come with a skinned OpenWRT, but in most cases you can install a build of the unmodified OS if you want.