Our church (of about 100 now) has taken over a former public school building. And looks Im tasked with setting up their network. The building is about 20,000 sq. ft single story with block walls, getting cable internet/phone. Sounds like they're interested/wanting wifi, and want to do a number of things like have access in the auditorium for programs (i.e. youtube), possibly member access (upon request), been asked about it in the classrooms, about getting audio or video to the nursery (of the service), etc. Maybe some streaming/recording for people that can't make it, (sercurity) camera(s), automation/remote access (heating).
Im thinking about having some wired jacks in a few places like the office and auditorium, and some APs for wifi (not necessarily cover the whole building). There is Cat5e all over. Im looking at the (Ubiquiti) Unifi APs (standard ones) and maybe would get a three pack to cover the auditorium, the office area, and a third to cover some other rooms. I just not sure what the (effective) range would be and how much block walls it will penetrate.
Im also not too sure about the routing. Would an Edgerouter Lite (Ubiquiti) with a 24-port Edgeswitch or Unifi switch be a way? What other better or less expensive ways are there? Im gathering that we should have VLANs to separate the staff and any guests? Obviously want decent firewall/security protection, possibly content filtering, and prioritize staff/program use.
And what options are there for the phone system? Don't need alot, a couple in the offices, and nice to have some in the auditorium, nursery, classrooms. Something that can dial internal extensions would be handy. And ability to block long distance from certain (public) extensions if possible. Is there some sort of small PBX that would suit?
Im thinking about having some wired jacks in a few places like the office and auditorium, and some APs for wifi (not necessarily cover the whole building). There is Cat5e all over. Im looking at the (Ubiquiti) Unifi APs (standard ones) and maybe would get a three pack to cover the auditorium, the office area, and a third to cover some other rooms. I just not sure what the (effective) range would be and how much block walls it will penetrate.
Im also not too sure about the routing. Would an Edgerouter Lite (Ubiquiti) with a 24-port Edgeswitch or Unifi switch be a way? What other better or less expensive ways are there? Im gathering that we should have VLANs to separate the staff and any guests? Obviously want decent firewall/security protection, possibly content filtering, and prioritize staff/program use.
And what options are there for the phone system? Don't need alot, a couple in the offices, and nice to have some in the auditorium, nursery, classrooms. Something that can dial internal extensions would be handy. And ability to block long distance from certain (public) extensions if possible. Is there some sort of small PBX that would suit?