jggmi thanks a lot for your post. It was very educational
It gave me a fresh look at this topic because I haven't thought of trunking, managed switch or router on a stick.
pttymuth, thanks, I'll check that out. BB Green seems to be the cheapest idea. However, I would need to follow jggmi's scenario and buy a managed router. Any ideas for that, guys?
Generally, what I'm aiming at my home is the architecture you can see in the attached file (found it googling). A word of explanation on the labels since they're in Polish:
- On the bottom left, it's the ISP
- Router1 is the cheapest, smallest obsd machine I asked about
- Router2 is a SOHO router with wifi
- routers can't be connect via cable - architectural constrains
- PC2 is in fact an OpenBSD test range server I would like to keep in the DMZ
- there could be other pcs upstairs
I know it's complicated, if not stupid, but believe me, if I could lay cables and make it properly, I most definitely would.
Any ideas how to reasonably make it work?