Hey everyone I could use some guidance.
Before I get to my question I figure it's good to explain my current set up so everything makes sense.
I have att uverse internet and TV. The uverse box does not allow the dns to be changed and all att cable boxes are required to be on 192.168.1.XXX and use att's dns. From the wall my network flow is:
att router/modem -> Cisco sg200 -> all network devices on the second floor. Then from the sg200 it splits down stairs to an unmanaged switch for the downstairs network. I only have 1 line downstairs.
Connected directly to the sg200 is my file server and house computers. I do not have especially fast internet (nothing even close to 1Gbs) but I do transfer large files from the computers to the server quite often and I usually Hoover around 100 MBs during those transfers.
In the past I've really wanted to get a pfsense box and have spent a decently large amount of time trying to figure out a solution but frankly, having a pfsense box after the att box is just a nightmare and trying to do vlans with only one line downstairs is an equal nightmare. So I gave up.
This brings me to why I'm posting. I have a pihole on the network but because I can't change my dns on the att router I'm stuck manually changing it on each device.
What I want is a good quality router/switch/whatever that will allow me to change the dns to the pihole for everything behind it. I don't care if it creates a subdomain/clan as long as communication between the domains is possible and just as fast. The idea would be something like:
Att router -> unmanaged switch -> split for upstairs/downstairs -> then from there essentially have 2 networks both upstairs and downstairs. Example: 192.168.1 for the TV's, 192.168.10 for upstairs and 192.168.20 for downstairs.
What device would you recommend to do this? I realize I would need to buy two of them. One for upstairs and another downstairs and that's fine.
What do you guys/gals think? Any suggestions or better ideas?
Thanks for reading/helping!
Before I get to my question I figure it's good to explain my current set up so everything makes sense.
I have att uverse internet and TV. The uverse box does not allow the dns to be changed and all att cable boxes are required to be on 192.168.1.XXX and use att's dns. From the wall my network flow is:
att router/modem -> Cisco sg200 -> all network devices on the second floor. Then from the sg200 it splits down stairs to an unmanaged switch for the downstairs network. I only have 1 line downstairs.
Connected directly to the sg200 is my file server and house computers. I do not have especially fast internet (nothing even close to 1Gbs) but I do transfer large files from the computers to the server quite often and I usually Hoover around 100 MBs during those transfers.
In the past I've really wanted to get a pfsense box and have spent a decently large amount of time trying to figure out a solution but frankly, having a pfsense box after the att box is just a nightmare and trying to do vlans with only one line downstairs is an equal nightmare. So I gave up.
This brings me to why I'm posting. I have a pihole on the network but because I can't change my dns on the att router I'm stuck manually changing it on each device.
What I want is a good quality router/switch/whatever that will allow me to change the dns to the pihole for everything behind it. I don't care if it creates a subdomain/clan as long as communication between the domains is possible and just as fast. The idea would be something like:
Att router -> unmanaged switch -> split for upstairs/downstairs -> then from there essentially have 2 networks both upstairs and downstairs. Example: 192.168.1 for the TV's, 192.168.10 for upstairs and 192.168.20 for downstairs.
What device would you recommend to do this? I realize I would need to buy two of them. One for upstairs and another downstairs and that's fine.
What do you guys/gals think? Any suggestions or better ideas?
Thanks for reading/helping!