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    Multiple Switches cross connect or each port into pfsense box

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      manwdaplan @NogBadTheBad
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      @nogbadthebad said in Multiple Switches cross connect or each port into pfsense box:

      Can you suggest where to put 4 of the APs, I can get two more without issue.

      Thanks

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        Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate @manwdaplan
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        @manwdaplan Do you have VoIP trunks to the outside? Outside "cloud" PBX? Anything like that?

        Kind of hard to believe they are skimping so hard on a site deployment of this scale. Do they not care if it works or not?

        Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
        A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
        DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
        Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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          Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate @manwdaplan
          last edited by Derelict

          @manwdaplan said in Multiple Switches cross connect or each port into pfsense box:

          @nogbadthebad said in Multiple Switches cross connect or each port into pfsense box:

          Can you suggest where to put 4 of the APs, I can get two more without issue.

          Thanks

          4 does not look like enough. Even with 8, the fringes like the men's bathroom are underserved.

          Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
          A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
          DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
          Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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            manwdaplan @Derelict
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            @derelict said in Multiple Switches cross connect or each port into pfsense box:

            @manwdaplan Do you have VoIP trunks to the outside? Outside "cloud" PBX? Anything like that?

            Kind of hard to believe they are skimping so hard on a site deployment of this scale. Do they not care if it works or not?

            No they don't have any true phones, they have a app that runs on there workstations everything is run from the cloud, the workstations have bluetooth and they use headsets to the computers.

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              manwdaplan @Derelict
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              @derelict

              So i am using the Unfi LR APs, so they should get me a little bit more distance (website says 200 more sq then the standard enterprise ones), I dont need the cover the break room in the back (upperleft) or the restrooms.

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                manwdaplan @Derelict
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                Kind of hard to believe they are skimping so hard on a site deployment of this scale. Do they not care if it works or not?

                So they only have 60 users right now, and I worked them into hard wiring the whole place, so this really worked the budget (they where planning to just go pure wifi), so the idea is to put in as much as the budget can handle at this point and then add more to the system as needed (when the budget refreshes). As with alot of my customers I provide as much as the money can handle. I know its not perfect or even the best.

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                  NogBadTheBad @Derelict
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                  @derelict said in Multiple Switches cross connect or each port into pfsense box:

                  @manwdaplan said in Multiple Switches cross connect or each port into pfsense box:

                  @nogbadthebad said in Multiple Switches cross connect or each port into pfsense box:

                  4 does not look like enough. Even with 8, the fringes like the men's bathroom are underserved.

                  What would they be doing in the bathroom with the Wi-Fi 😁

                  Andy

                  1 x Netgate SG-4860 - 3 x Linksys LGS308P - 1 x Aruba InstantOn AP22

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                  • DerelictD
                    Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
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                    Until the general manager bitches that he can't check his email on the can. Or watch cat videos. Or whatever.

                    Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                    A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                    DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                    Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                      NogBadTheBad @Derelict
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                      Can't see you getting coverage without 5 access-points.

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                      Andy

                      1 x Netgate SG-4860 - 3 x Linksys LGS308P - 1 x Aruba InstantOn AP22

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                      • DerelictD
                        Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                        last edited by Derelict

                        Not covering the break room with solid guest wifi is just, well, so uptight.

                        8 APs looks a lot better. Stuff will sing.

                        Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                        A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                        DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                        Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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