Cable from Source to Switch into router?

[mknabster]

I tried to put a good title so you might know what I'm trying to do. I have FIOS at home, and instead of spending for Quantum which gets me no added benefit over what I already have, I'm planning on activating the Ethernet port they have on the outside of the house, and bypass the FIOS router which has the Internet and TV running through COAX into the router. So once I have Verizon activate that port, my idea was to have that run into a switch, and then into my new Wireless-N router.

Would this work, or does it need to go from the source into the router, then into the switch since it needs to assign an IP to each cable? The reason why I'm doing this is because the router I have has 10/100 ports, but my switch is Gigabit, and I wanted the computers on that switch to have the gigabit speeds for internet. It currently has gigbait speeds for the LAN, but i was wondering if it would work that way for the Internet as well.

Let me know if I need to clarify anything. Thanks

 

[bill001g]

It is the standard problem. They will only let you have a single IP address unless you pay for more and I don't think that is a option on a consumer account...its cheaper to buy a better router in most cases.

So you COULD put a switch in and then connect the router and a pc to it but only the first device active will get a IP.. They more or less force you to have a router connected to the ONT port. I guess it depends how much you really think you are going to exceed 100m. Most people would kill for anywhere near 100m much less the 500m verizon has been talking about on fios. What you could do it assign the router the mac address of your PC. Then you could use the router most the time and if your really needed the speed you could unplug the router and plug the PC in using the same IP and mac address.

The only use I have ever seen for a single user wanting over 100m is stuff like bit torrent almost nothing else even comes close to being able to use that much. Since most torrents are not exactly legal the more speed you use doing it the more you call unwanted attention to you.

 

[mknabster]

So i guess the best way, for my current setup, is to just have it go into the router and then into the switch to broadcast the IPs? I'm not following you on the 100m vs 500m that you're talking about.

I have 3 servers in the house, which is the reason why i have 2 gigabit switches, now I could turn the main server into a DHCP server and do what you were saying by connecting the switch to the computer, but that would mean i have to leave the computer on all the time, and my energy bills are already high as they are. So that's the reason why i use a router mainly.

Like we have 25/25 speeds currently, and I honestly don't see a point in getting 50/25 for an extra $17 a month. I'm not too concerned about the Internet speeds, but i was curious if my idea would work.

 

[mknabster]

So i guess the best way, for my current setup, is to just have it go into the router and then into the switch to broadcast the IPs? I'm not following you on the 100m vs 500m that you're talking about.

I have 3 servers in the house, which is the reason why i have 2 gigabit switches, now I could turn the main server into a DHCP server and do what you were saying by connecting the switch to the computer, but that would mean i have to leave the computer on all the time, and my energy bills are already high as they are. So that's the reason why i use a router mainly.

Like we have 25/25 speeds currently, and I honestly don't see a point in getting 50/25 for an extra $17 a month. I'm not too concerned about the Internet speeds, but i was curious if my idea would work.

 

[bill001g]

I thought maybe you had purchased veirzons 500m option and were concerned that your router would bottleneck you because it only had a 100m wan port. I read it as you wanted to plug your pc directly into verizon so you could get more than 100m off the internet.

When you plug a switch on the LAN side of the router the traffic between machines in your house never passes into the router. The only traffic that will go up the cable between your switch and the router is traffic that is going to the internet. The only traffic that might flow that was not internet related would be if you used a wireless machine to connect to the router and then accessed data on one of your servers on the switch.