Looking for some suggestions on the best way to set up this network.
Short version: I have Cat5e wired through the house to the basement where the lines terminate. Can/should I install an unmanaged switch in the basement and put a four-port router/switch elsewhere in the network for the rooms where I need more than one RJ45 port?
Long version:
My wife and I just bought a house. It was just built last year, but rather than install RJ45 wall covers, the prior owners or builder went with coax / RJ11 wall plates. They did, thankfully, run Cat5e to all the outlets, so I will be installing new plates for coax/RJ45. I currently have cable internet and DirecTV. Fiber optic is being installed on my street, so I will be ditching Comcast to go with the fiber company, which means I an run the whole network with RJ45 and leave the coax for my DirecTV.
The Cat5e lines terminate in the basement, and are presently uncapped, so I will strip, crimp, and cap them. There will probably be 8 physical cables, max.
The only issue I have is where to put my wireless router. I have a DirecTV genie box, PS3, 360, and Wii in one room, so I need some sort of additional switch because there is only one Cat5e run to that room. Would I be ok running the switch to the uplink port on the router and then plugging all the devices into the router's 4 ports?
I assume I am doing this wrong and need to the switch to be behind the router, right? Otherwise, there is nothing routing the internet. So, what I actually need to do is have the income line go to the uplink on the router, run the router to the switch, and then I would need a secondary switch for the genie, PS3, and 360?
Short version: I have Cat5e wired through the house to the basement where the lines terminate. Can/should I install an unmanaged switch in the basement and put a four-port router/switch elsewhere in the network for the rooms where I need more than one RJ45 port?
Long version:
My wife and I just bought a house. It was just built last year, but rather than install RJ45 wall covers, the prior owners or builder went with coax / RJ11 wall plates. They did, thankfully, run Cat5e to all the outlets, so I will be installing new plates for coax/RJ45. I currently have cable internet and DirecTV. Fiber optic is being installed on my street, so I will be ditching Comcast to go with the fiber company, which means I an run the whole network with RJ45 and leave the coax for my DirecTV.
The Cat5e lines terminate in the basement, and are presently uncapped, so I will strip, crimp, and cap them. There will probably be 8 physical cables, max.
The only issue I have is where to put my wireless router. I have a DirecTV genie box, PS3, 360, and Wii in one room, so I need some sort of additional switch because there is only one Cat5e run to that room. Would I be ok running the switch to the uplink port on the router and then plugging all the devices into the router's 4 ports?
I assume I am doing this wrong and need to the switch to be behind the router, right? Otherwise, there is nothing routing the internet. So, what I actually need to do is have the income line go to the uplink on the router, run the router to the switch, and then I would need a secondary switch for the genie, PS3, and 360?