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Amount of RJ45 Ports on Home Server? (feddit.ch)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm in the process of designing a home server and am curious how many ethernet ports are required at minimum and how many people recommend. The single board computer (SBC) I plan to use has two built in and has a pcie slot to add four more if necessary. If I don't need the four extra I'd like to use the pcie slot for a pcie Coral Edge TPU (preferred over the USB variant but still an option).

I expect to plan to use the server to connect to my home network so any device on the network via WiFi can access NextCloud. Besides that I want to use Frigate in another container for home video surveillance. I don't know if I can or want to yet also add a Plex or Jellyfin instance to then connect to my TV or use a separate SBC for that.

What are your thoughts? I'm new to all of these things and just don't want to waste money on the wrong hardware. Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

One. Use a switch for networking.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

And VLAN to segment the network (separate the CCTV stuff that I guess will be reachable from Internet and...I don't know what else OP may have)