Morning all.
So I'm redesigning my home network as I mentioned in a previous post. I have a few questions for you network pros before jumping head first into it.
This is what I want to do
100Mbps Internet Modem
> pfSense firewall
PfSense Firewall
> Apple Airport
Apple Airport
> Laptop (wired)
> PS3 (WiFi)
> MacBook Air (WiFi)
> multiple iPhones (WiFi)
> HTPC (wired)
> Raspberry Pi (wired)
Apple Airport > Netgear 8 Port Gbit Switch
Netgear Switch
> 12TB Freenas Box
> Poweredge 2950 III ESXi box (5 VM's)
I would like the airport to handle the DCHP requests and port forwarding. Can this be done or should I allow pfSense to do it and turn the airport into a dumb switch? If I turn it into a dumb switch, will I still have access to the built in Apple Time Capsle? (Don't ask - the wife wants it). Most systems are static IP's as it is and I want to keep it that way. The DHCP is for the wife's MacBook and our iPhones.
Is there anything I'm missing or should be taking into consideration?
So I'm redesigning my home network as I mentioned in a previous post. I have a few questions for you network pros before jumping head first into it.
This is what I want to do
100Mbps Internet Modem
> pfSense firewall
PfSense Firewall
> Apple Airport
Apple Airport
> Laptop (wired)
> PS3 (WiFi)
> MacBook Air (WiFi)
> multiple iPhones (WiFi)
> HTPC (wired)
> Raspberry Pi (wired)
Apple Airport > Netgear 8 Port Gbit Switch
Netgear Switch
> 12TB Freenas Box
> Poweredge 2950 III ESXi box (5 VM's)
I would like the airport to handle the DCHP requests and port forwarding. Can this be done or should I allow pfSense to do it and turn the airport into a dumb switch? If I turn it into a dumb switch, will I still have access to the built in Apple Time Capsle? (Don't ask - the wife wants it). Most systems are static IP's as it is and I want to keep it that way. The DHCP is for the wife's MacBook and our iPhones.
Is there anything I'm missing or should be taking into consideration?
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