What are the benefits of going all out with networking?

tomahawk76 · January 22, 2019

What are the benefits of setting up your own switches, routers, etc. in a home environment?

79wjd · January 22, 2019

ISP modems/routers are often not the best quality or the best product for the environment they're being used in -- although not universally true (and very often not true). Basically if you don't have the wifi coverage you need then you probably want a new router. If you aren't getting the speeds you are paying for over wireless (but are over wired), then you also probably want to get a new router. If you aren't getting the speeds you're paying for over wireless or ethernet, then either the modem/some other element is insufficient (wiring, modem, ISP's network. etc...).

Jurrunio · January 22, 2019

10gb networking for connections to a NAS, printers etc?

aezakmi · January 22, 2019

1 hour ago, Jurrunio said:

10gb networking for connections to a NAS, printers etc?

why would you need 10gb for a printer tho

Jurrunio · January 22, 2019

31 minutes ago, aezakmi said:

why would you need 10gb for a printer tho

I mean 10gb total, for everything.

dgsddfgdfhgs · January 22, 2019

more network = less security

router down = everything down...

leadeater · January 22, 2019

Generally none, it's not very often you need to actually buy high end networking equipment. Main reasons to is if the unit you get from your ISP does actually suck and you are having reliability problems. For things like wireless coverage problems it's better to buy another AP than hope a different/more expensive router/modem will fix it, wireless range has extreme drop off for any AP from cheap to expensive so paying more doesn't tend to fix it. Add another and do 20% coverage overlap.

Windows7ge · January 22, 2019

The two big reasons I would say are customization and control. Most of which is already described above. Other thoughts are maybe you have a home office you want to segregate from the rest of your network (subnets, VLANs) maybe you want your wireless network independent from your wired network. Maybe you want a IP camera security system. Maybe you want to setup a server with various network services. Maybe you want to go 10Gbit.

There's a lot of reasons to build your own network if you know you could leverage it. If you have no use for any of it then it's not worth the hassle assuming what your current network consist of is operating properly.