Has long been interested in creating its own home network center, rushing to the hot promotions of the dual 11, purchased a NETGEAR R7000, with the original NETGEAR GS724T 24-port switch, NETGEAR EX6200 wireless expander, HP MIRCOSERVER GEN8 composed of their own expectations have been Long network center architecture.
The framework of my home network center has several requirements:
1, router double dial to achieve double the bandwidth
2, routers can intelligently over the wall science online
3. NAS and routers support the establishment of OWNCLOUD, their own internal and external private cloud. External networks can access NAS anytime and anywhere.
4. The wireless extender requires no network cable to be laid at home and the WIFI signal is not a very good area. A good wireless relay broadcast effect can be achieved.
In fact, I have been tangled in the router for a long time, R7000's hardware configuration is very much like me, that is, the original firmware to support the personal needs of the problem has been very tangled. With the release of the R7000 Merlin firmware, the R7000 can support dual dialing and shadowsocks to become one of the most cost-effective high-end routers on the Internet.
Chapter 1 Product Accessories Appearance
Family photo one:
HP MIRCOSERVER GEN8 Server
NETGEAR GS724T V3 Switch
NETGEAR R7000 Router
NETGEAR EX6200 Wireless Expander
US Netgear R7000 AC1900M dual-band gigabit wireless router Yi Xun network price of 999 yuan
Netgear R7000 and EX6200, when it comes to EX6200, I may be the first to buy, and as the firmware version is updated, this stuff is getting better and better.
One, NETGEAR R7000
Netgear R7000 AC1900 I think it is a very practical router. In particular, under the recent revision of the Meilin firmware, the R7000 became a second spring.
1G Dual Core ARM BCM4709
AC1900 is actually only a 5G 2.4G, do not think much. Even the R8000 of the AC3200 is just two 5G and one 2.4G.
Out of the box
It contains a router body, three antennas, a power adapter, a network cable, and a stack of paper documentation.
Legendary nighthawk wings
Power adapter power 12V 3.5A has 42W, for the router, the power is not low.
Previously tried R8000 and AC68U, BCM4709's USB3.0 program is actually very unstable, the same as the Asus network products are also good, for people with NAS, the routing of USB3.0 is not really worth the big value , I will not entanglement this problem.
There are too many professional evaluations on the R7000, and here I'm going to make a picture of myself and not to go into details.
Second, NETGEAR EX6200
EX6200 My idea is to use as an affiliate AP of the network center. My mom lives downstairs. I put the EX6200 in my mom's house downstairs, link through 5G and R7000, and then radiate 2.4G WIFI signal, so even wiring Saved, very convenient.
The package contains the router body, two antennas, a power adapter, and a stack of paper documentation.
Self-made picture of drying structure, not much
The power adapter is 12V 2.5A and the power is 30W. Please pay attention to this American standard interface and you need to insert a 3-hole socket.
R7000 EX6200 fits
Third, NETGAER GS724T V3
I didn't have anything to say about this switch. It was just for full Gigabit and link aggregation.
Fourth, HP MIRCOSERVER GEN8
I am probably returning from Amoy in June this year. The equivalent is about RMB 1650. The configuration is G1610T 2G ECC memory.
Accessories are simple, CD-ROM power cord
Front four positions
I used a magnesium M4 64GB SSD as a system disk, installed WIN2012 R2
A 480G engineering test SSD, as a buffer.
The last two 2T Seagate HDDs are the main storage area.
A lot of people on the ST2000DM001 dish said badly. I feel that it is still a success. The most important thing is that the voices are not loud and they are both decisive and continuous.
The 3.5-inch to 2.5-inch HP disk tray, ASSY standard HP spares, 75 one, bought two on the SSD, a bit like vomiting blood.
Memory directly into Elpida 1866 ECC 8GX2 composed of 16G dual-channel, CPU directly into E3-1230 V2, many people are loyal to the E3 1265L V2, for me, 1230 is enough, but the key is to maintain a good shot.
Detao version is Delta 200W power supply, which is more than 150W of the State Bank.
At the SATA5 location, I have prepared the SATA data cable and the small 4PIN to SATA power supply cable. I will reserve a large-capacity SSD later.
HP MIRCOSERVER GEN8 has been hot in the major NAS forums for a year, the cost is very high, configuration upgrade space, and HP ILO system blessing, remote access is an artifact, performance is stronger than it is not compact, smaller than its size Performance is not strong.
HP MIRCOSERVER GEN8 and R7000 fit together
Three artifacts fit
Chapter II Network Layout
When I bought a house, I bought a house for my parents downstairs, just below my room. I lived in 506, my parents lived in 406, and the unit type was the same, so it was only 2 squares. It is mainly because old people bring children, we take care of the elderly, and it is very convenient for us to cook meals. Buying two houses can also avoid some of the contradictions that occur in the same way. . . . . .
R7000, GEN8, GS724T V3 are all on the fifth floor
EX6200 on the fourth floor
HP GEN8 and R7000 on the bar in my house
The GS724T V3 switch and the fiber cat ZTE F460 are placed on the top of the wine cabinet. The three rooms' network cables enter the switch through the embedded multimedia wall of the multimedia box to enter the rooms.
The overall layout of the cable network
EX6200 direct 5G relay R7000 5G signal, and then 2.4G WIFI out, on my mom's home downstairs is more appropriate, only need to pick up a power supply. This extender, I toss for some time, there are a few careful
1,2.4G and 5G simultaneous relaying and broadcasting are not effective and the signal is weak
2, 2.4G relay, 5G broadcast, this is not suitable, 5G signal attenuation through the wall is too serious, 2X2:2MIMO antenna coverage is limited,
3, 5G relay, 2.4G broadcast, this is the best way I tested the effect, the link is stable, the coverage is big. I chose to use this method to perform 2.4G WIFI broadcasting on the 4th floor after the R7000 5G signal on the 5th floor of the fourth floor, and the weakest signal is also more than 70%. There is no problem in the stability of downloading and browsing. Save on the cost of a broadband.
Chapter 3, R7000 Merlin Revision Firmware Implements Dual Dial and SS Science Internet Access
First talk about the configuration of the main router, enter 192.168.1.1 to enter the R7000 configuration interface, account admin password password
Netware original firmware interface overview is very intuitive
The router's resource statistics interface is also very clear
My purpose is to brush Merlin firmware, so here is a firmware package for R7000_378.52_2.chk. The purpose is to change the R7000 from the original firmware to Merlin. You may have to ask if the Merlin firmware is not a TRX file. It is indeed , but the native firmware only recognizes CHK files, so this must be brushed into a CHK package.
Refreshing
Automatic restart after refresh
Merlin firmware interface appeared, it seems that the R7000 Merlin firmware is changed using AC68U firmware, the two hardware structure is indeed similar.
Familiar ASUS firmware interface
Continue to brush into the R7000_378.53_0_xiaobao_1.91.trx rewrite version of Merlin firmware, the purpose is to open up shadowsocks science Internet smart over the wall support.
during upgrade
Upgrade completed, automatic restart
Because my fiber cat is ZTE F460 default IP is 192.168.1.1, so I changed the R7000 IP to 192.168.0.1, then enter the external WAN settings, open the dual-line option ON, and I choose the dual dialing port is WAN and LAN4, so if you set each port, dual-line mode selects balanced load, I set the load mode 1:1.
Still in the external WAN settings, select the Internet settings, here WAN and LAN I have chosen PPOE mode, enter the dial-up account password.
The key point is that because telecommunications have a blockade relationship with MAC, I watched the MAC of the WAN ending with 8B.
Then select LAN to see, but also 8B, directly into 9C manually, in fact, casually changed without paying attention, as long as LAN and WAN dual-line dialing MAC is not the same, you can change the last two. Apply this page to save the configuration and restart the router.
I found that double dialing was successful and the bandwidth was finally doubled.
After the 30M telecommunications fiber double-dial, the Thunder download reaches the level of 6.5MB/S close to 60M fiber.
Then we enter the system management - system settings, other do not control, Persistent JFFS2 partition subordinates all three options is, the other in the start Telnet option is. Click Save to restart the router.
After the reboot is complete, there are several options in the basic settings of the shadowsocks option that go directly to:
Mode: Continental whitelist mode redsocks2
This model uses domestic LAN IP network segments to distinguish between domestic and international traffic. Redsocks2 forwards all foreign TCP links to the shadowsocks server to implement transparent proxy.
Advantages: All foreign websites on the wall can access via proxy, without needing to maintain the domain name blacklist. Disadvantages: Consumption of more Sdowsocks traffic, weak CDN acceleration, Thunder download may consume SS traffic.
Mode: Gfwlist mode ipset
This mode uses Gfwlist to differentiate traffic. Shadowsocks forwards all TCP links that access the domain in Gfwlist to the shadowsocks server, implementing a transparent proxy.
Advantages: Save traffic, strong CDN acceleration, and prevent Thunder and PT traffic Disadvantages: The agent is limited to more than 3,000 walled sites on the list and needs to maintain blacklists.
Mode: Game mode The most important feature of the game mode over other modes is that it supports UDP proxy. It can perform shadowsocks proxy mode on the game's UDP link: global proxy mode redsocks2
In addition to the local area network and ss server and other traffic do not take the agency, the other are taking the agency, advanced settings provide the choice of agency agreement.
Precautions
Chromecast support: Enable this option to take over the client's custom DNS on the LAN and force forwarding to the router's DNS. This is useful for devices such as Chromecast.
Submit: After submitting, you can see the startup status of the proxy service background on the log page. Please do not click the second submission after just submitting. It is recommended to wait for 30 seconds.
Other: After the service is enabled, it is recommended to refresh the computer's back-end cache. Run CMD under windows, and enter ipconfig /flushdns to see the proxy effect more quickly.
I chose the Gfwlist mode ipset, because the comparison saves traffic, does not affect the effect of overturning the wall, and then enter the shadowsocks account password port, this please search for free or buy, I bought the package shadowsocks.
Many people say that the shadowsocks setup is unsuccessful and cannot save the shadowsocks settings. The reason is that
1, shadowsocks must be conducted in the networking, the first router to dial-up Internet access,
2, then open the system settings in the four options Yes, restart the router
3, go directly to set the shadowsocks, there will be a yellow password displayed on the account password port, enter and click Save to restart the router can be set up successfully.
If the yellow frame does not appear, it cannot be saved. Please repeat 2-3 steps to retry. At this point, double dialing increases bandwidth and the shadowsocks are set up for scientific Internet access.
I purchased a SS account with a yearly subscription, with a monthly flow of 200G, which can fully meet the daily download and browsing needs. The scientific internet intelligence is over the wall. YOUTUBE wants to see it.
Chapter 4, NAS and Switch Link Aggregation
HP MIRCOSERVER GEN8 can be IP linked, of course, can also be found in the network ILO equipment directly click on the link to the management page
Enter the account password, which is on the device's own label, of course, you can also set yourself into a common account password
The temperature of the 3D map, the display temperature is normal, of course, some people say that E3 1230 V2 temperature BUG, ​​40 degrees unchanged for thousands of years, I used the infrared temperature gun and hand touch the CPU heat sink in the boot state tried The temperature is really not high.
E3 1230 V2 personally think that is the most cost-effective CPU for HP MIRCOSERVER GEN8, of course, for the E3 1265L V2 users, I can only worship local tyrants.
HP MIRCOSERVER GEN8 ECC memory compatibility is not at all harsh, non-HP SMARTMEMORY ECC memory can be perfectly compatible, in fact, it is still a poor word trouble, I this pair of 16G memory prices to buy HP SMARTMEMORY certification Memory can only buy 8G, but in fact it makes no difference.
ILO console can be started remotely
I have already installed the WIN2012 R2 system on the GEN8, because the GEN8 has three network ports, one of which is exclusive to the ILO remote connection, and the other two can do link aggregation. Now I will briefly introduce my dual network card link. Road aggregation method.
Enter the GS724TV3 management page, activate the LAG on the 19th No. 20 port corresponding to the two network ports of GEN8. LAG mode selects LACP.
Then return to WIN2012 R2 system, find the NIC combination, LAN1 LAN2 form TEAM rules is the LACP dynamics. Because the switch supports LACP, the network card TEAM side is very well established. The advantage of the dual-NIC TEAM link aggregation through the switch is that the bandwidth of the NAS exit is increased, and 1000M becomes 2000M, which is very useful for multiple clients accessing the NAS at the same time. Especially when multiple clients are reading and writing files on the NAS at the same time.
In addition to WIN2012 R2, I also used a Hyper-V virtual machine also installed a black group Hui, GEN8 play a lot, as long as you will play love.
Chapter 5, Private Cloud
The advantages of NAS are actually twofold. In addition to local area network file storage sharing, external network access is also crucial. Use GEN8 to build your own OWNCLOUD private cloud. You can access your NAS whenever and wherever you have a network. This is a matter of convenience. Of course, students who have dedicated their knees to Baidu Cloud can ignore this chapter. In this chapter, I only talk about concepts. After the specific settings, I have the opportunity to explain them individually, because everyone has different operating systems, different settings, and different network conditions. First you need to have some conditions:
1, corresponding to the operating system support version of XAMPP, build Apache+MySQL+PHP+PERL environment:
XAMPP installation package under WIN system:
Http://
2. OWNCLOUD Private Cloud
OWNCloud program download:
Http://owncloud.org/
3, A public domain name that DDNS will use binds your dynamic IP.
The installation of XAMPP is very simple. In addition, the database files of WIN2012 R2 are relatively complete, and the debugging workload is drastically reduced.
Start XAMPP debugging, in fact, under 2012 R2, save a lot of 2008 R2 database toss
127.0.0.1 Entering the XAMAP Settings Page
PHP settings page
After the OWNCLOUD program is embedded in XAMAP, the private cloud can be accessed on the intranet after successful debugging.
Of course, accessing the private cloud on the internal network is still not enough. If you want to access the external network, we will enable DMZ election in the DMZ option on the external network of the R7000, and then enter the NAS's internal network access address. My GEN8 is 192.168.0.183
Then the external network's DDNS option, start DDNS client election Yes, the server I choose 3322, and then fill in my own registered domain name, and account password, save, suggesting that the registration is successful, return to GEN8 XAMAP to set the relevant domain name Next, you can directly access external networks through domain names.
The private cloud of the individual can be said to have been established. I don't say much detail here because I'm preparing a new article to talk about private cloud settings under WIN2012 R2 and Ubuntu. You are interested in taking care of your own mother.
Chapter 6 Experience and Feedback
First, TV sharing NAS video
NAS downloads a good video file, the TV directly sees, my TV box is Baidu Shadow Stick 2S, the most common TV box, the following setting
Baidu Shadow Stick 2S enters the local player directly after networking
Enter the shared device
Find the NAS's IP address and go directly
NAS downloads a good file, you can find it here, you can play it directly
Looking at the big sister actually has a more convenient NAS, 1080P straight out.
Second, the link aggregation test
Test Equipment: Big Milk
CPU: INTEL I7 4790K
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME6
Graphics: Gigabyte GTX960 4G G1
Memory: Samsung Gold Bar 2400 4GBX4
Power Supply: Cool Cool G650M
Display: BenQ XR3501 3D Surface 35-inch Chassis: Qiao Sibo W2
Keyboard: cool aluminum element mouse: Logitech G600
Use one of the motherboard's network card to link the switch and copy files from the NAS to the local computer. The maximum file speed is about 112MB.S.
Now many motherboards are equipped with dual network adapters. ASRock Z97 EX6 is no exception. The same is best for network adapters. It does not matter if they are not the same. WIN8 supports dual network adapters as virtual bridges. After the bridges are completed, the EX6 dual network adapters are accessed. Switch 12 has two ports. Switch 12 is the LAG static link aggregation.
From the NAS copy files to the local machine can reach a maximum speed of about 221MB/S, close to double the speed of a single network card.
In the resource monitor, you can see that the network's maximum transfer rate has doubled directly to 2Gbps.
Third, mobile phones and mobile client experience
Synology's software is very easy to use, especially the network settings are relatively simple, GEN8 video to the most perfect
Of the three apps in Synology, the one I use most often is DS FILE.
DS FILE manages shared files more completely.
Find the file you want and open it. So, artifacts don’t let you go, and you don’t have to say anything more.
DS DOWNLAD is a software that can monitor your downloads on the phone intuitively.
At a glance, and you can control the download.
to sum up
1, R7000 with Merlin SS firmware is an artifact, is the core of the entire family network center.
2. Link aggregation works well, but the cost is too high. In fact, students with low requirements may abandon the link aggregation switch.
3. It is more convenient for NAS to choose WIN2012 R2 or Synology as much as possible.
4, EX6200 basically meet the requirements of the results, the price is not cheap, the signal is generally not as good, more gratifying is the quality of the BCM program links are relatively stable.