Network question: Repeater and Switch
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AriaTwoFive · 2023-10-30 07:14

Hello,

I'll be moving to a new apartment in two weeks and I'm already planing
how I'll be setting up my home lab. Unfortunately, the glass fiber
connection is in the living room and it's kinda hard to put a wire
down from there to the office where my server (NAS + Raspberry Pi
cluster) and PC will be. I was thinking of using a FritzBox 5530 Fiber
as my main router/modem and a FritzRepeater 1200 AX in between to have
a strong (GBit) signal in the office. I would connect the repeater via
cable to a switch and the switch (TL-SG105E or similar, I have a few,
all managed) to all of my devices there.

My question is: Would the switch work in a way that everything
connected to it worked more or less independently of the Wi-Fi
connection for internal usage that does not require Wi-Fi? More
precisely, my Raspberry Pi's use my NAS as storages via NFS. Would
that run only via the stable LAN connection of the switch or also
"make use of" the route over Wi-Fi?

Also, if my Wi-Fi died for whatever reason, would the switch keep
working and keep the connection among the devices connected to it
alive?

Thanks in advance

Greetings

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thekrautboy · 2023-10-30 07:21

Try /r/HomeNetworking and other subs that are more about hardware.

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AriaTwoFive · 2023-10-30 07:24

I will, thank you!

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zfa · 2023-10-30 07:35

> Would the switch work in a way that everything connected to it
worked more or less independently of the Wi-Fi connection for internal
usage that does not require Wi-Fi? More precisely, my Raspberry Pi's
use my NAS as storages via NFS. Would that run only via the stable LAN
connection of the switch ...

Everything on the switch will continue to work fine even if wifi or
internet itself is down - just remember all those devices still need
IP addresses so if they're set to use DHCP to obtain those, then you
need your router running too (or whatever else on your network is
acting as a DHCP server) at the point they start up. GL.

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AriaTwoFive · 2023-10-30 07:41

Thanks! Most of those devices have static IPs. Only my PC and Wi-Fi
devices don't, but that's not important.

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