I am moving into our new flat in August. The rooms have already been connected with LAN. ONLY all the connections were pulled into the fuse box in the hallway, including the fibre optic connection for the internet. So I would have to stuff my firewall (Zywall 110) into the fuse box and keep it closed at all times. This is problematic because the fuse box can't dissipate the heat and the devices in it don't tolerate the heat very well over time. My idea now would be to pull the internet signal via DIN rail and a Devolo LAN extension into the reduit and lead it to the router there. From there I can connect to the LAN socket in the living room with a LAN cable. This means that I would "only" have to put a small 5-port switch in the fuse box, which generates a lot less heat than my firewall. Would this also work from a security point of view?

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I have a similar situation with a fuse box where all the lines come together, I have also placed the firewall/switch there and simply removed the cabinet door for heat dissipation and camouflaged it with a pretty picture. I would advise you not to run the main supply line or WAN connection of the firewall through a PLC, even if the Devolo PLC is good, it is never good enough for the WAN connection. Alternatively, you probably have a coax or fibre connection from the building elsewhere, you can place the modem and firewall there, then via Ethernet into the fuse box and from there via switch into the other rooms. Greetings

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Unfortunately I can't answer your question, as I have said goodbye to Magic 2 LAN DINrail. We couldn't get it to work despite help from support.

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