I felt that would allow me a chance to remember this in case something happened in my experiment. This network uses 88 since the CRS305 defaults to 192.168.88.1 if you reset it. All my IOT devices are isolated from my core systems. The first changes I made were to define some VLANs and the appropriate firewall rules to segment my network. To figure that out, I used this Medium post by Igor Zevaka that described how he did this with his modem and a UDM-Pro.īased on that, here is what this network will look like. Early tests showed this would not be possible across the WAN ports. This meant that it needed to connect to the network so that the web config page would be accessible. I also wanted to “see” what was going on inside the CRS305. And it would connect with the cable modem on ports 1 and 2 using CAT 8 ethernet cables into the QSFPTEK transceivers into the SFP+ ports. The Mikrotik router would connect to the SFP+ WAN2 port on the UDM-Pro over a fiber connection. The goal was to place the CRS305 in bridge mode between the UDM-Pro and the cable modem.
Software lag switch 1.2 Patch#
1 FLYPROFiber OM4 LC to LC Fiber patch cable – fiber cable used with the previous transceivers.Īdditionally, Comcast provides internet service with their Gigabit Internet speed and Unlimited Data Option.2 QSFPTEK UF-MM-10G SFP+ Multimode transceiver – used to connect the CRS305 to the UDM-Pro.1 SFP+ DAC Twinax Cable – used to connect the CRS305 to the Switch over the SFP port.2 QSFPTEK 10GBASE-T SFP+ transceivers – used to connect CAT 8 ethernet cables to CM1200 and UDM-Pro.Mikrotik 5 port Switch/Router CRS305-1G-4S+IN – Will live between UDM-Pro and the CM1200.NETGEAR Nighthawk Cable Modem CM1200 – Comcast approved and has LAG capabilities.UniFi Switch PoE 16 (150W) (UniFi Switch).
Software lag switch 1.2 pro#
UniFi Dream Machine Pro (UDM-Pro) running the UniFi controller version 6.1.61.The links include where to purchase them yourself: We need to start by listing the equipment. Instead, I’ll include links to write-ups and videos smarter people than me have created that cover different parts of this setup. I won’t go into detail about every change and why I made it. This post shares how I performed this experiment. But this came at a cost of losing speed on the upload side from 40 Mbps to 17 Mbps or roughly half. The short of it: Yes, I was able to achieve the 1.2 Gbps download speeds that I read about online. This required purchasing a small amount of equipment and building more knowledge for myself on networking systems. Reaching speeds of 10 gigabytes over a network connection at home blew my mind.Īfter doing research about these ports, I decided to explore Link Aggregation (LAG) to learn if it is possible to gain speeds beyond the one-gigabit download speed offered by Comcast. In particular, I’ve become curious about the SFP+ ports on the UDM-Pro. The level of insight and control I now have is well beyond my previous Xfinity system.
Software lag switch 1.2 upgrade#
I’ve really enjoyed the Ubiquity equipment upgrade I made this past year to my home network.