Hello Guys.. I've been a lurker on this site for a while and have receieved a ton of information which helped me out in the past. I do however have a situtaion where I need some issues resolved.
I recently changed out all my old phone jacks which was wired with Cat5e wire and them punched them down to keystone jacks. I also added a distrubtion panel in my basement which consist of a leviton 6 port patch panel, Motorola SB6121 Docsis 3.0 modem and a Netgear GS608 Gigbit switch. I also have a Netgear N600 Wireles router which I need to be upstairs mainly for WI-FI purpose (laptop, Ipad2, Iphone) and my Logitech Revue for the TV but here is my issue.
Traditionally, you would connect from the cable modem to the router and then to the switch which will them distribute LAN and internet to the other computers and devices however, I'm unable to connect it that way because I need to have the N600 Router upstairs for better wireless signal else I would just put that router in the distribution panel but I would only be able to get 4 ports instead of the 6-8 I need.
How can I make this work with the devices that I have. I'm getting WI-FI and LAN connection upstairs from the Keystone jack which is coming from port 1 on the Netgear GS608 Switch but I get nothing from the other ports that's coming from the ports feeding the 2 desktop and a laptop with a gigabit netork card downstairs. I also have a old Linksys BEFSR41-RM which I tried using to connect from the cable modem to the switch but the light on the modem blink orange telling me the router is not accepting the internet connection.
What can I do to fix this issue without it costing me an arm and a leg. I hope I've given enough information for you to help me solve the problem. Any help with this will be greatly appreciated.
I recently changed out all my old phone jacks which was wired with Cat5e wire and them punched them down to keystone jacks. I also added a distrubtion panel in my basement which consist of a leviton 6 port patch panel, Motorola SB6121 Docsis 3.0 modem and a Netgear GS608 Gigbit switch. I also have a Netgear N600 Wireles router which I need to be upstairs mainly for WI-FI purpose (laptop, Ipad2, Iphone) and my Logitech Revue for the TV but here is my issue.
Traditionally, you would connect from the cable modem to the router and then to the switch which will them distribute LAN and internet to the other computers and devices however, I'm unable to connect it that way because I need to have the N600 Router upstairs for better wireless signal else I would just put that router in the distribution panel but I would only be able to get 4 ports instead of the 6-8 I need.
How can I make this work with the devices that I have. I'm getting WI-FI and LAN connection upstairs from the Keystone jack which is coming from port 1 on the Netgear GS608 Switch but I get nothing from the other ports that's coming from the ports feeding the 2 desktop and a laptop with a gigabit netork card downstairs. I also have a old Linksys BEFSR41-RM which I tried using to connect from the cable modem to the switch but the light on the modem blink orange telling me the router is not accepting the internet connection.
What can I do to fix this issue without it costing me an arm and a leg. I hope I've given enough information for you to help me solve the problem. Any help with this will be greatly appreciated.