Hello,
I have a situation where I may need to connect my switches directly to my modem instead of the router. Is this possible?
For context, all 31 ethernet ports around our house are connected to patch panels located in the networking cabinet, and I am planning to connect all 31 ports to 2 16-port switches. I have 2 Linksys Velop Mesh WiFi 6 System AX4200 Tri-Band access points. One of the access points is meant to function as the router, known as the root access point, where the root access point will connect to the modem, and the switches will connect to the root access point.
However, the problem is that the location of my modem is in the networking cabinet, which is far from reach of the household members, so it would be a waste to put an access point there. Not to mention, I don't even have enough clearance to add one of the access points in my networking cabinet after mounting my two switches.
Therefore, is it possible to connect the two switches directly to the modem, and connect my root access point to the ethernet port in our house so that it will connect to one of the switches, and set it up so that all traffic will go through the router access point?
Please advise. Thanks.
I have a situation where I may need to connect my switches directly to my modem instead of the router. Is this possible?
For context, all 31 ethernet ports around our house are connected to patch panels located in the networking cabinet, and I am planning to connect all 31 ports to 2 16-port switches. I have 2 Linksys Velop Mesh WiFi 6 System AX4200 Tri-Band access points. One of the access points is meant to function as the router, known as the root access point, where the root access point will connect to the modem, and the switches will connect to the root access point.
However, the problem is that the location of my modem is in the networking cabinet, which is far from reach of the household members, so it would be a waste to put an access point there. Not to mention, I don't even have enough clearance to add one of the access points in my networking cabinet after mounting my two switches.
Therefore, is it possible to connect the two switches directly to the modem, and connect my root access point to the ethernet port in our house so that it will connect to one of the switches, and set it up so that all traffic will go through the router access point?
Please advise. Thanks.