I’m looking into switching from 1gig Ethernet in the network to at least 2.5gig for my core switch. I’d love to be able to do intervlan routing with a layer 3 switch but am unsure whether it’s worth my time and effort.
Should I instead just setup my OPNsense with LAGG of 3-4x 1gig ports and just continue routing VLAN traffic with it?
I know it’s not optimal, but I’m also looking to do things relatively within budget. I don’t want to spend $500+ on a 2.5/10gig layer 3 switch… especially but if that’s my options I’ll consider it.
I am fairly new to networking but that sounds correct with my thinking. I’m actually after a super similar setup. I got a router that can easily handle 1gb internet which is the best I can get anyway. The router I got has 5 gb ports, I’ll use that for my actual Internet connections. On my homelab network side I’m just going to use that 4 port 10gb Switch for communication between the nodes themselves which is where I care/need faster transfer speeds. If/when I use all those ports I’ll upgrade the switch.
Yeah I think that this would help immensely by going with a smaller 10gb switch for the “core” network and then having all the lower bandwidth needs on larger switches. I think that’ll end up with a better experience overall.