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The fibre is directly plugged to the gateway, and I can't run it in bridge mode to use my own router (unless I pay for a business account, which triples the monthly price :-/ ) We'd buy new ones for this. Which brings me back to my initial question of which hardware / switch to buy. Would like to avoid spending too much money on a device that can do way more than I actually need from it. *edit* Netgear ProSafe GS728TS seems to be able to support up to 15 routed VLANs http://www.netgear.com/business/products/switches/smart/stackable-smart-switch.aspx#tab-resources

My initial idea were to use the switch(s) in that buildings that have VLAN capabilities to do the routing between the 2 LANs. To me that seemed to be the "easiest" way. Is that a bad idea?

That sounds interesting. Can you recommend one for this job? Just to be clear. Would this mean that you connect "building A" to the WAN port and "building b" to the LAN port of that router? or both on LAN? I do need 1GBit between the buildings.

Thanks for the replies! These devices are from the ISP and don't offer any VLAN capabilities - also the ETH ports are just 100MBit That is not possible technically - the gateways are in separate buildings - connected to fibre. And the gateways only have 100MBit ports. Not possible due to the ISP's gateway. Both our routers have the IP adresses hard set by the ISP. The config option is not available in the routers firmware. Already took me quite some talking to have them change the adress of one of the gateways. Question: Can't i just replace one of the switches (i.e. the one in building A) with one that offers VLAN, and that one does the routing on the Cat 7 cable that connects the buildings?

Last year, my brother and I built 2 houses for our families. I life in building A, he in building B. We have 2x Cat 7 cables which connect our buildings. Each of our buildings has it's own fibre internet connection including gateway and a switch. building A has 20 Network Ports/cables in house - building B has 10 Network Ports/cables in house Now, we would like to hook them up by using the Cat 7 cables, so we both have access to a central server (located in building A). I know that VLAN(s) are required to get this to work. But I have absolutely no idea which hardware to buy, and how this is set up. I did do some research on the web as of how it works in general. But I am still not sure which hardware would be enough to get the job done - while not being totally overpowered. Maybe someone in this community here could help me find the right hardware and point me into the right direction for the configuration.