Thoughts on EdgeMax Pro 8
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Thank you for the responses and since sub created topics.
I will refrain from using the subnets as suggested and will use a /23 range.
Yes, each office will have their own dedicated switch. Based on this, is the ER8 a good shout?
They currently use a Draytek 2860 and have 4 offices in their building but when they move out to the new. We'll have 6 offices so wanted something a little more robust and reliable.
Can the ER8 do load balancing so I can assign each port say 30mb each ? Pressume I can find all the steps/guides online
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@Breffni-Potter said in Thoughts on EdgeMax Pro 8:
Skip 192.168.1.1 please.
Most home networks use that, so IP address conflicts with VPNs tend to happen.
Great Recommendation.
Forget 192.168.1.0,192.168.1.1, 192.168.2.1
You can use 192.168.200.1 192.168.201.1....
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@Joel said in Thoughts on EdgeMax Pro 8:
Yes, each office will have their own dedicated switch. Based on this, is the ER8 a good shout?
Yes, if you are wiring each one to its own hardware, then Pro 8 will do that very well.
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@scottalanmiller said in Thoughts on EdgeMax Pro 8:
@Joel said in Thoughts on EdgeMax Pro 8:
Yes, each office will have their own dedicated switch. Based on this, is the ER8 a good shout?
Yes, if you are wiring each one to its own hardware, then Pro 8 will do that very well.
Correct. WIth dedicated switching to be behind it, then the ER8 is an awesome choice.
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@Joel said in Thoughts on EdgeMax Pro 8:
Can the ER8 do load balancing so I can assign each port say 30mb each ? Pressume I can find all the steps/guides online
You can do some load balancing globally, or you can do shaping on each interface.
I highly recommend against setting a 30mb limit per line. that just hurts everyone.
Just set global QoS for things like VoIP and such.
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I agree with @JaredBusch look at shaping and such before you look at capping. Capping is almost always a very bad idea, everyone loses.
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Even if the 6 offices are totally independent? We have a 200mb line coming in so is it not fair to allocate each port 32mb each? Or do you think I should just leave it defaulted but prioritise QOS for voip?
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@Joel said in Thoughts on EdgeMax Pro 8:
Even if the 6 offices are totally independent? We have a 200mb line coming in so is it not fair to allocate each port 32mb each? Or do you think I should just leave it defaulted but prioritise QOS for voip?
Correct.
Does someone have any examples of actual QOS rules for the EdgeRouterX series? I've got the basic "Download = 700kbps, Upload=300kbps" for our connections, but that's it so far.
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@travisdh1 said in Thoughts on EdgeMax Pro 8:
@Joel said in Thoughts on EdgeMax Pro 8:
Even if the 6 offices are totally independent? We have a 200mb line coming in so is it not fair to allocate each port 32mb each? Or do you think I should just leave it defaulted but prioritise QOS for voip?
Correct.
Does someone have any examples of actual QOS rules for the EdgeRouterX series? I've got the basic "Download = 700kbps, Upload=300kbps" for our connections, but that's it so far.
Since version 1.8 or maybe 1.7 even, they added new a QoS process outside of the original traffic shaping stuff.
fq_codelis the new standard and is in the GUI. -
@JaredBusch said in Thoughts on EdgeMax Pro 8:
fq_codelis the new standard and is in the GUI. -
@JaredBusch said in Thoughts on EdgeMax Pro 8:
@travisdh1 said in Thoughts on EdgeMax Pro 8:
@Joel said in Thoughts on EdgeMax Pro 8:
Even if the 6 offices are totally independent? We have a 200mb line coming in so is it not fair to allocate each port 32mb each? Or do you think I should just leave it defaulted but prioritise QOS for voip?
Correct.
Does someone have any examples of actual QOS rules for the EdgeRouterX series? I've got the basic "Download = 700kbps, Upload=300kbps" for our connections, but that's it so far.
Since version 1.8 or maybe 1.7 even, they added new a QoS process outside of the original traffic shaping stuff.
fq_codelis the new standard and is in the GUI.Yeah, when I looked around everything I found was still command line based.
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@travisdh1 said in Thoughts on EdgeMax Pro 8:
@JaredBusch said in Thoughts on EdgeMax Pro 8:
@travisdh1 said in Thoughts on EdgeMax Pro 8:
@Joel said in Thoughts on EdgeMax Pro 8:
Even if the 6 offices are totally independent? We have a 200mb line coming in so is it not fair to allocate each port 32mb each? Or do you think I should just leave it defaulted but prioritise QOS for voip?
Correct.
Does someone have any examples of actual QOS rules for the EdgeRouterX series? I've got the basic "Download = 700kbps, Upload=300kbps" for our connections, but that's it so far.
Since version 1.8 or maybe 1.7 even, they added new a QoS process outside of the original traffic shaping stuff.
fq_codelis the new standard and is in the GUI.Yeah, when I looked around everything I found was still command line based.
Well, as you can see from that screenshot, i have not bothered to update mine to
fq_codeleither...
