I found the perfect device for the case’s WAN: the GL.iNet Mudi 7. I had a previous version of this device at one point, and it worked incredibly well but lacked an Ethernet port. The Mudi 7 has an Ethernet port, a 5G standalone capable modem, and the ability to be a WiFi client. The only downside I can see is the North American model, which I’d buy, only has LTE/5G bands for North America. Chances are good if I were traveling internationally I’d stick to using this as a WiFi client. This should solve all the problems I was creating; however, it does create new ones.
Will we go ahead with the original post-AWA 2019 plan? Well, we’ll see. I’ve still not decided when or if I’m going to order the Fitlet3. Again, power at home is far more stable than where I was before, so I might make the case’s VPN endpoint the apartment vs. the future colocation. For that matter, keeping the apartment as the main VPN endpoint might be the overall best play. We’ll see though.
If I decide to go with the full plan, then I’ll need to do something similar to the following.
– The Fitlet3 will run Proxmox VE and use OPNsense or RouterOS (virtualized) for its firewall OS, have a Domain Controller VM, a Pi-Hole VM, and a local Plex server VM.
– Local networking will be using a Cisco Small Business SG250-08HP, which will power the Fitlet3 using PoE (Port 1), a Cisco Business CBW150AX also powered by PoE (Port 2) for WiFi, and a pair of Cisco Business CBW151AXM mesh extenders just in case. Note that the mesh extenders will likely not be carried in the case itself and may not even be used.
– Keystone jacks will be installed along the left edge for WAN access (via Ethernet directly if possible or Ethernet + USB-C power for the Mudi 7), and the along front edge for LAN access.
– The left edge keystones will be a USB-C passthrough that is routed to a USB-C PD power cube and an Ethernet passthrough connected to the designated “WAN” port on the Fitlet3.
– The front edge keystones will be Ethernet passthroughs routed to ports 3-8 on the SG250-08HP.
– On the right edge of the case there will be an AC power socket for the USB-C PD power cube and the SG250-08HP’s power supply. This will go to any 100V-240V AC power source, connector dependent, to supply power to the entire case.
I’ll probably pick up the GL.iNet Comet Pro so I’ll have a remote console for the Fitlet3 and this will be mounted in the case somewhere.
I guess it’ll be back to Visio to get all this figured out.
Until next time!