Hello Everyone!
I've read a bunch of articles here and appreciate everyone sharing their experiences. Much help for so many.
Me: I know Junos OS fairly well - Juniper SRX 210, 220, 240 series.
Solution for my small hotel client:
- Need 2 networks - Guest and Staff ( wired and wireless for Staff )
- could be VLAN or physically separate.
- Trying to save money on switches
My Engineering:
I thought to use all Ubiquity Devices:
- EdgeRouter ERPoe-5,
- UniFi Switch US-8-150W,
- UniFi UAP-AC ( 3 units to start )
EdgeRouter would have 2 of the UAP devices, and the UniFi switch connected to eth2, eth3, eth4
- EdgeRouter would have the cable modem connected to eth0 ( WAN interface )
- eth2, eth3, eth4 would be configured for 2 VLAN - one for Staff one for Guests
- Guests do not need access to Staff network.
UniFi Switch would have 1 UAP on it, and 1 port connecting to eth2 on the EdgeRouter
- In IOS ( Cisco ) you need to enable Port Trunking mode in order to pass 2 VLANs accross a single port.
- Does the UniFi switch allow for configuring a trunk portso 2 or more ports could pass traffic for 2 or more VLANs
- It seems logical that this would be a feature because it's needed for many installations, but I do not want to assume.
UniFi UAC-AP
- I have used these in the past but I have not used VLAN based SSIDs, and with other vendor switches and routers.
- Is the UAC configurable to allow for 2 SSIDs each with their own VLAN ID
- That would mean that the ethernet port on the UAC-AP would have to support VLAN trunking.
Do I need to use the EdgeRouteror would the 5 Port security appliance suffice?
- Usually I like the ease of GUI configurations
- I heard that the Security device is extremely limited and has challenges with updating the APs after making CLI configuration changes, etc...
- For that reason alone I elected to use the EdgeRouter instead.
Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated.