Hi, I've just joined.
We have been having a lot of issues lately with unable to connect to wifi, slow wifi etc. Our internet provider is installing a faster service in the next couple of weeks, but would like to upgrade my whole network to provide the best possible service.
My setup: Internet connected to netgear wireless router (router is 14 years old), have many phones, tablets, playstations, tv's connected to wifi. We recently hardwired the playstations to the router using RJ45 cables, the difference is very noticable.
Been reading up a lot online and they say that where possible we should hard wire as many devices to the router as possible. My house has cat 5e cables ran to every room, so I am planning to hard wire the TVs/playstations to the router to free up bandwidth on the wifi signal.
The router I have only has 4 lan connections, and I realise it is old so a newer one should provide a better service. I would need 6 hard wired lan connections, I have found a router that has 8 lan connections which would do, although it is expensive. So I am thinking I have 3 options:
I hope this makes sense. I dont mind spending money to get this right once and for all.
Thanks everyone.
We have been having a lot of issues lately with unable to connect to wifi, slow wifi etc. Our internet provider is installing a faster service in the next couple of weeks, but would like to upgrade my whole network to provide the best possible service.
My setup: Internet connected to netgear wireless router (router is 14 years old), have many phones, tablets, playstations, tv's connected to wifi. We recently hardwired the playstations to the router using RJ45 cables, the difference is very noticable.
Been reading up a lot online and they say that where possible we should hard wire as many devices to the router as possible. My house has cat 5e cables ran to every room, so I am planning to hard wire the TVs/playstations to the router to free up bandwidth on the wifi signal.
The router I have only has 4 lan connections, and I realise it is old so a newer one should provide a better service. I would need 6 hard wired lan connections, I have found a router that has 8 lan connections which would do, although it is expensive. So I am thinking I have 3 options:
- Get a new router with 8 lan connections
- Use a lan network switch either before or after my current wifi router to provide the hard wired connections.
- Get a modern router with 3 or 4 lan connections and use a lan network switch either before or after it router to provide the hard wired connections.
I hope this makes sense. I dont mind spending money to get this right once and for all.
Thanks everyone.