recommendation for INTERNET cafe networking and topology.
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48-port switch? Wireless? You hosting your own servers? What is the bandwidth of your internet connection (up/down)? Budget?
Lots of questions that you need to answer so folks can offer any assistance. Also, there are likely local companies that can help you make some of these decisions, based on your needs, for a fee.
Lots of questions that you need to answer so folks can offer any assistance. Also, there are likely local companies that can help you make some of these decisions, based on your needs, for a fee.
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Switch: Dlink DGS-1510-52X (48 1Gb ports, 4 10Gb SFP+ ports, low power and noise compared to the competition, very low price, no redundancy features)
Wireless: Xclaim Xi-3 (6 antenna, dual band, 802.11ac, POE powered, small business oriented wireless AP, can do up to 4 SSIDs for different networks and different levels of access)
Router: use a server with a 10Gb NIC and run pfSense as a VM on the server. This should give you good enough performance for the gaming machines to all have good bandwidth.
Wireless: Xclaim Xi-3 (6 antenna, dual band, 802.11ac, POE powered, small business oriented wireless AP, can do up to 4 SSIDs for different networks and different levels of access)
Router: use a server with a 10Gb NIC and run pfSense as a VM on the server. This should give you good enough performance for the gaming machines to all have good bandwidth.
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With 30+ stations and 100Mbit internet bandwidth, you may want to drop the port speed on the switch to 10Mbit. That won't change latency significantly, but will limit the damage a single station can do to your overall bandwidth.
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The big reason why I'd recommend a server with a 10Gb pipe is for reformatting and reinstalling the OS on those gaming stations. You will be doing that often with a business like that, probably on the order of 10-20 per week, depending on clientele. They will have keyboard loggers, network snoopers, and other malware get put on them rather constantly. It is a LOT of work to maintain a place like that. Don't think it will only affect your customers, either, because those types of things, if left unmitigated, will get into the business network, without fail. You will need a speedy method to rebuild the machines through the network.
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Multicast is good for build a bunch of duplicate machines at the same time. It doesn't work for having to rebuild one machine at 8:00, a second found and started at 8:15, and another found and started at 8:30, all while customers are using the other systems for online gaming. A shop owner would not want to degrade his customers' experiences just for having to rebuild a couple systems and that shop owner would want to get those systems back up and making money as soon as possible.
Besides, 10G isn't that expensive anymore. With that switch, only $1500 right now with 48 1G ports and 4 10G-SFP+ ports, 10G-SR optics at $20 each, and 10G-SR NICs at about $150 brand new, the added utility of it far outweighs the minor couple hundred dollar expense. The cost of 10G has come down tremendously in the last 2 years, especially with the release of the Dlink DGS-1510 series.
The return on investment in 10G now is very much positive.
Besides, 10G isn't that expensive anymore. With that switch, only $1500 right now with 48 1G ports and 4 10G-SFP+ ports, 10G-SR optics at $20 each, and 10G-SR NICs at about $150 brand new, the added utility of it far outweighs the minor couple hundred dollar expense. The cost of 10G has come down tremendously in the last 2 years, especially with the release of the Dlink DGS-1510 series.
The return on investment in 10G now is very much positive.
Still not buying it, neither is the OP by the lack of response. We can agree to differ. You would need to know the income over time vs cost to know whether "The return on investment in 10G now is very much positive." in this situation which we don't. Everybody likes shiney new things, doesn't always make them a best solution.
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