I am moving to a house in a rural area, and am looking for advice on my planned setup. We will have two remote workers on zoom a lot, so I’m planning on having Starlink and the local fixed wireless internet (25 down / 3 up) provider as a fallback. My initial thoughts after research and looking through posts on this sub are to go the Omada route. My concern is that I am not exactly an IT guy so I worry about how technical this might get, but I’m capable enough to be able to try to figure things out when problems to arise. Here’s my plan:
- It’s a new build, so I had them run cat5 cables throughout the house, terminating in a 28" Leviton enclosure
- ER605 - Dual WAN, so Starlink ethernet adapter and fixed wireless would connect to this (question: given the speed disparity, will load-balancing work well, or should this be a fallback scenario?)
- TL-SG2210P 8 port switch
- OC200 Controller
- 2x EAP610
Does this setup seem reasonable for a non-IT person, or is it overkill and/or should I attempt to go a simpler route?
I’d really appreciate any advice - thanks in advance!
Seems quite all right for what you are setting up.
The only question I have is whey cat 5 cable when cat 6 is so much better? May not make much difference now, but in the future higher throughput might become an issue.
As far as whether to set up load balancing or fail over is something you can play with until you find that it operates the way you like it.