Vendor-neutral network planning

Build your home network without the guesswork.

Choose a mesh system, or a router with switches and access points, or tell us about your home. Netwright checks ports, speeds, PoE power, mesh backhaul and the easy-to-miss details before you buy.

Build it for me Choose my own parts

No account neededManufacturer-sourced specsMixed brands supported

4-bedroom home · 2 Gbps

Example build health

✓ Compatible

GatewayCloud Gateway Max

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SwitchPro Max 16 PoE

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Wi‑Fi3 × U7 Pro

Core uplink–

PoE–

AP speed–

Open this build in the builder →

–products catalogued

–compatibility-ready

–brands in the beta catalog

–compatibility check areas

What the engine checks

Useful answers, not a wall of specifications.

The beta focuses on the core of a home network: routers, mesh systems, switches and access points. The hard part is getting those compatibility decisions right.

P

PoE power

Checks PoE standards, per-port capability, total budget and reduced-power AP modes.

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Bottlenecks

Finds slow router-to-switch links and AP uplinks that leave multi-gig hardware stuck at 1GbE.

◎

Mixed ecosystems

Separates true compatibility from management convenience, so mixed-brand builds are not falsely rejected.

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Fix my build

Tests alternative parts against the same requirements and proposes changes that actually improve the build.

Beta scope

Small enough to trust. Designed to expand.

Racks, NAS, CCTV and UPS planning are intentionally left for later. The data model already leaves room for them, but the current release is about making the core network builder reliable first.

See the roadmap

Network builder

Build, check, fix.

Pick your parts, or tell us about your home and we'll suggest a starting point.

Your connection

Internet speed

Wired devices TVs, PCs, consoles

Your provider's router

Parts list

Router

Switches

Access points

Requirements

Separate networks with VLANs

For keeping guests, smart-home devices or work kit on their own network with proper isolation.

I want multi-gig wired connections

Warns if no spare 2.5GbE-or-faster ports remain.

Show catalogue-only products

Includes products whose specs are still being filled in. Their checks are limited and clearly labelled.

✓

Compatible

high data confidence

Build link

Anyone with this link sees this exact build. It updates as you change parts.

Your network

Internet port—

Core link—

PoE used—

Wi-Fi points—

Spare ports—

Data—

How checks work

Product library

The catalog behind the engine.

Every record has a visible data-quality state. Catalogued products are real products in the library; compatibility-ready products have enough structured data for the builder to reason about them.

150total products

—compatibility-ready

—queued for spec enrichment

—matching current filters

How it works

What Netwright decides—and what it doesn’t.

The beta uses deterministic compatibility rules against structured product data. It does not ask an AI model to guess whether two products work together.

Status model

Four different outcomes

Not every imperfection is a hard incompatibility. The engine separates physical failures from trade-offs and missing accessories.

✓ Compatible

Selected parts meet the checked requirements without a meaningful warning.

! Warning

The build works, but something such as uplink speed, management simplicity or expansion headroom is sub-optimal.

+ Hardware required

The core products can work, but a PoE injector, controller, DAC or similar dependency must be added.

× Incompatible

A hard requirement is not met—for example, too few physical ports or an explicit VLAN requirement on unsupported hardware.

Current engine

Checks in beta v0.4

Area	What is checked	Typical result
Ports	Ports for every switch, access point and wired device across the whole network, including spare ports on the router and mesh satellites	Pass / warning / fail
PoE standard	802.3af, at and bt hierarchy, passive PoE separation and per-port wattage	Pass / hardware required
PoE budget	Access point power against each switch's own budget, plus headroom	Pass / warning / hardware required
AP uplink speed	Whether each AP gets a switch port fast enough for its wired interface	Pass / warning
Internet (WAN) port	Reserves the port your internet connection plugs into and checks it can carry your internet speed, including SFP-only WAN ports	Pass / warning
Mesh systems	Wired satellites have free ports to plug into, wired backhaul is supported, and dual-band systems with wireless satellites are flagged	Pass / warning / fail
Your provider's router	Whether it stays in charge (double NAT) or hands over in modem mode	Pass / warning
Core uplink	Best common router-to-switch interface, including SFP-family negotiation	Pass / warning / fail
Gateway throughput	Known IDS/IPS or NAT throughput compared with selected internet speed	Pass / warning
Management	Single vs mixed ecosystem and whether central management is recommended or required	Pass / warning / hardware required
VLANs	Explicit segmented-network requirement against verified product capability	Pass / fail
Multi-gig LAN	Spare 2.5GbE+ RJ45 capacity when the user asks for it	Pass / warning

Data quality

Catalog size is not the same as trusted compatibility data.

The beta catalog contains – products. Each one is marked Verified, Core specs, or Catalogued. Automatic recommendations only use compatibility-ready records. Catalog-only products can be browsed and optionally selected, but the builder displays limited-data warnings instead of inventing missing specifications.

Fix engine

Alternatives are tested, not guessed.

When a build has a problem, “Fix my build” evaluates replacement routers, switches and access points against the same requirements. It can also recognise cases where the smallest fix is an accessory, such as a PoE injector or SFP cable. Live retailer pricing will later let this become “cheapest fix” versus “best performance”.

Planned later

Expansion path

NextRetail prices + build totals

Prices from several retailers per product, so builds have a total and "right-sized" recommendations can use real costs.

With the full websiteBuilt-in speed test

Measures your connection from the page, for people who don't know their plan speed.

After core networkingRacks + UPS

Rack units/depth, power draw, UPS load and runtime.

System expansionNAS + storage

Drive bays, NIC speeds, link aggregation and storage requirements.

System expansionCCTV

Camera PoE, switch capacity, NVR compatibility and storage estimates.

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How Netwright makes money.

Netwright is free to use. This page explains how it is paid for, and what that does and doesn't change.

Buy links are adverts

Some links to retailers are affiliate links. If you click one and buy something, the retailer pays Netwright a small commission. You pay the same price as you would going to the retailer directly.

Every affiliate link is marked Ad next to the button, so you can always tell which links earn us money.

During the beta there are no buy links yet. They will arrive with retailer prices.

Money never changes the advice

Commission has no effect on compatibility checks, recommendations or fix suggestions. The engine does not know which retailers pay us, or how much.
Brands cannot pay to be recommended, ranked higher or included in the catalogue.
If the best build for you is one we earn nothing from, that is still the build we show.

See how we rank for exactly what decides a recommendation.

Questions

Email hello@netwright.co.uk.

How we rank

What decides a recommendation.

Recommendations come from fixed rules applied to product specifications. Nobody hand-picks the results, and no one can pay to change them.

1. It has to work

Every suggested build goes through the same checks you see in the builder: ports, PoE power, speeds, mesh backhaul, your provider's router and more. Builds that won't work are never suggested. Builds with fewer warnings rank higher.

2. Only kit we can vouch for

We only suggest products with enough checked specifications for the builder to reason about them. Catalogue-only products can be chosen by hand, but are never suggested.
Products not sold in the UK are labelled and never suggested.
Specifications come from manufacturer pages, datasheets and manuals. If a detail is unknown, we leave it blank and tell you, rather than guess.

3. Your priority

Easy: favours mesh systems and fewer boxes to set up.
Performance: favours newer Wi-Fi, faster wired connections, routers with speed to spare, and mesh systems with a dedicated radio linking the units.
Value: favours kit sized to what you asked for, rather than far more ports or power than you need. We don't have prices yet, so this is an estimate. Once retailer prices arrive, value will use real costs.

Whatever your priority, builds from a single brand get a small boost, because one app for everything is easier to manage. Builds with a couple of spare ports also get a small boost.

What has no effect

Affiliate commission, which retailer sells a product, and any contact from brands. See ads and affiliate links.

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Last updated 4 November 2026.

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