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New to Netgear : what devices should I look at?
Hello,
New to Netgear, I am exploring the idea to buy Netgear Orbi Pro APs for a small office (3 APs + switch), 15 to 20 people.
ISP provides a FTTH connection with ~ 600Mb/s bandwidth.
The switch will also receive direction ethernet connection of 4 VoIP phones.
Usage is : VoIP, Google Meet, browsing, file exchange, Team Viewer mainly...
I would like the APs to broadcast 2 SSIDs : MyCompany-Staff & MyCompany-Guests
People connected to MyCompany-Guests will have their traffic reach the internet through our ISP directly, while people connected to MyCompany-Staff will be tunnelled to a VPN (SSTP) and reach the Internet through the the provider of the VPN service.
MyCompany-Staff will have no limit in usage.
MyCompany-Guests may be capped to a max of 50Mb/s usage in total.
Is there a way to separate the traffic of these two SSIDs in VLANs and setup and maintain a SSTP VPN connection on Netgear Orbi Pro devices?
Can it be done in the APs or should a specific device (which one) be added at the edge of the network before the ISP router?
Thanks for your help,
ltr
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What is the size of your home business building? Sq Ft?
What is the distance between the router and 📡 satellite(s)? 30 feet or more is recommended in between RBR and RBS📡 to begin with depending upon building materials when wirelessly connected.
https://kb.netgear.com/31029/Where-should-I-place-my-Orbi-satellite 📡Thanks for your reply FURRYe38 !
The building is on one level only, approx 1200 sq ft, rather elongated rectangle shape : approx 80 x 15 ft.
The router would be in the middle and the satellites on each side of the rectangle, at a distance of let say 30 ft from the RBR.
There is a brick wall in the path of the signal from the RBR to the two RBSs.
---------------------------------------------------------------- | | | RBS RBR RBS | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------
After reading the description of the product, I am not completely sure if the RBS are connected to the RBR by a wire or by a dedicated wifi channel. Or perhaps both can be done?
And about the VPN, can the RBR initiate a SSTP VPN session and tunnel the traffic into it? (not for Guest SSID)
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
ltr
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