I had a question about whole house networking. We will be adding on to our house soon and as part of that, I want to go ahead and have the addon wired with ethernet for internet sharing and of course file sharing from a media server, etc.
what im wondering is, what is the best way to set up this kind of networking? I already have a wireless router i use for our existing networking needs and it works fine, but there have been some drop outs every so often and its an older router. Is it a good idea to just get a gigabit wireless N router so that I can continue using the wireless while getting the gigabit ethernet that will run to outlets in the new space or would it be better to have a wireless/gigabit router and then a gigabit switch to pass it on. The only reason a switch interested me was becuase I could see needing more then 4 ports, and I havent seen any wireless n routers with more than 4 ports.
I was thinking of keeping all the networking equipment in the attic so that the lines would run from the switch/router to the neccesary outlets.
Im new to this level of networking, so there may be a smarter way of doing this, so any tips would be welcomed.
what im wondering is, what is the best way to set up this kind of networking? I already have a wireless router i use for our existing networking needs and it works fine, but there have been some drop outs every so often and its an older router. Is it a good idea to just get a gigabit wireless N router so that I can continue using the wireless while getting the gigabit ethernet that will run to outlets in the new space or would it be better to have a wireless/gigabit router and then a gigabit switch to pass it on. The only reason a switch interested me was becuase I could see needing more then 4 ports, and I havent seen any wireless n routers with more than 4 ports.
I was thinking of keeping all the networking equipment in the attic so that the lines would run from the switch/router to the neccesary outlets.
Im new to this level of networking, so there may be a smarter way of doing this, so any tips would be welcomed.