EXAMPLES

Practical network examples

Four vendor-neutral designs with coherent capacity, addressing and policy.

Small apartment baseline

ONT → router → 8-port switch → wired AP

Avoid overbuilding: validate actual traffic, cable paths, radio survey, power and growth before purchasing.

ONT → router → 2.5GbE switch → NAS/AP

Avoid overbuilding: validate actual traffic, cable paths, radio survey, power and growth before purchasing.

Router/firewall → managed PoE switch → AP/cameras

Device roles / topology: Router/firewall → managed PoE switch → AP/cameras
Port capacity: 16 ports: uplink 1, AP 2, cameras 6, rooms 4, spare 3
IP/subnet plan: VLAN 10 10.10.10.0/24; VLAN 20 10.10.20.0/24; VLAN 40 10.10.40.0/24
VLAN policy: Block IoT initiation to Trusted; narrow mDNS exception
Expected bottlenecks: PoE budget, camera recording and trunk support

Avoid overbuilding: validate actual traffic, cable paths, radio survey, power and growth before purchasing.

ONT → router → central PoE switch → three wired APs

Device roles / topology: ONT → router → central PoE switch → three wired APs
Port capacity: 24 ports: uplink 1, AP 3, rooms 12, cameras 4, spare 4
IP/subnet plan: 10.20.10.0/24 Trusted; 10.20.20.0/24 IoT; 10.20.30.0/24 Guest
VLAN policy: VLAN-aware router/switch/AP; explicit firewall rules
Expected bottlenecks: WAN, central uplink, channel reuse and excessive AP overlap

Avoid overbuilding: validate actual traffic, cable paths, radio survey, power and growth before purchasing.