SilentLunatic
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- Oct 19, 2002
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I just purchased my fist home....yay. I am wanting to drop Cat5E in each room where there wired devices such as PS3, Xbox, etc.
My setup in my apartment currently is a Cisco Valet M10 running DD-WRT. While this will work fine for the typical user, when I am streaming HD-Video from my PC to my PS3 over wireless it chokes the connection or stutters and will not play at all. I would usually just hook the laptop up via HDMI and play it that way.
In my home I'd prefer not to have to do that. I have looked for some wireless AC routers that offer 8 or so GE ports, but see none available. Could I use my current M10 coupled with a D-Link 8 port GE switch for what I am trying to accomplish? I'd like to do 2 drops to each room. (Living room, 3 Bedrooms, and office). The 8 port would get me by until I needed to expand. The only devices I have now that would be wired would be 2 PCs, an Xbox, a PS3, and a BluRay player.
So my question is, the best Wireless router for the home, or wireless router + a switch?
Should I just run all the wires to keystone jacks and use patch cables to a switch or run them to a patch panel in a closet or something?
Thanks in advance.
-Ryan
My setup in my apartment currently is a Cisco Valet M10 running DD-WRT. While this will work fine for the typical user, when I am streaming HD-Video from my PC to my PS3 over wireless it chokes the connection or stutters and will not play at all. I would usually just hook the laptop up via HDMI and play it that way.
In my home I'd prefer not to have to do that. I have looked for some wireless AC routers that offer 8 or so GE ports, but see none available. Could I use my current M10 coupled with a D-Link 8 port GE switch for what I am trying to accomplish? I'd like to do 2 drops to each room. (Living room, 3 Bedrooms, and office). The 8 port would get me by until I needed to expand. The only devices I have now that would be wired would be 2 PCs, an Xbox, a PS3, and a BluRay player.
So my question is, the best Wireless router for the home, or wireless router + a switch?
Should I just run all the wires to keystone jacks and use patch cables to a switch or run them to a patch panel in a closet or something?
Thanks in advance.
-Ryan