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Router recommendations for small home network that supports 1.5Gbps and VLANs (without breaking the bank) (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works to c/homelab@lemmy.ml

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I have a home network consisting of several raspberry pis, a Roku, and a total of 4 laptops and smartphones.

Currently, I have the ISP provided router/modem in bridge mode which I'll refer to as my modem. This is connected to my own ASUS wireless router/Access Point which I'll refer to as my access point (AP). The AP supports about 900Mbps. I'm fine with this bottleneck for now as I intend to upgrade my AP in the future

My goal here is to purchase a router that supports the 1.5Gbps that's coming from my ISP's modem. I'd like to use it to set up a VLAN and tinker with, with the ability to connect 4 devices in addition to my access point.

The problem I'm facing is that I haven't yet found a router that's <$200CAD which supports 1.5Gbps. There are probably brands I'm unaware of, so would you fine folks be able to recommend me a router?

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[–] Markaos@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

sfp might be an issue for my since my modem and Ap don't have that port

SFP is something like a port for ports - you buy an SFP module based on what port you need, so you can just buy a network device with SFP cages that can handle your required speed and then pick a combination of Ethernet / optical SFP modules that match your needs. But the modules aren't exactly cheap, even the Ethernet ones.

[–] CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, I see. I appreciate the explanation.