Two Internet Providers Two Lans No Compromise. Ideas?

[EdgeToLive]

Hello everyone,

So I wanted to ask for any tips or ideas for my new home network setup. This is my story.

I have a home office where I have two servers + a work computer. They mostly only connect to each other and a handful of IPs with large files being transferred between each other and ping being of high consideration.
On the lighter side of things, I have an openHab server powering all my smart everything. Lights, curtains, temperature controllers, servos etc. Plus gaming PCs, cellphones, toaster, security cameras and such.

What I am thinking is:

• Having something to connect the two internet providers into a single router of some sort.
  • From there one connection would go to a firewall and then a Ubiquiti 10Gb switch.
    • This would connect my home office servers and work computer, since I frequently transfer very large files to and from each other and I need the lowest latency possible.
  • The other connection would go to another Ubiquiti Switch connecting:
    • 12 Ubiquity SHD Access points throughout the house
    • Some wired connection points for gaming, video, and the cameras

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So I would have two LANs. One for entertainment, guests, and the cameras and another for my home office. There are two internet providers due to redundancy the first is land based and the second satellite based.

• Security wise, does it make sense to have the firewall dedicated to the more secure LAN?
• What type of cables, connectors, switches, routers should I be looking for?
• Any tips or ideas for the overall design/implementation of the project?

 

Thank you everyone

[sazrocks]

Linus did a video on this kind of thing a few years ago, hopefully it helps:

 

[emosun]

16 minutes ago, EdgeToLive said:

Having something to connect the two internet providers into a single router of some sort.

i don't think thats actually possible without the providers supplying specialized hardware , the two providers with no configuration would both have a single user with the same ip so yeah that wouldn't do it.

 

 

[sazrocks]

I also found this guide for pfsense that looks like it might work somewhat (I’m going to probably try it out myself at some point)

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-configure-dual-wan-load-balance-failover-pfsense-router/