First time home network.

[strykewave]

I have att gigapower with a pace modem router combo 5268ac is the model number. I have an older ASUS ac5300 and a brand new Netgear xr500. The whole house has pre ran cat5e cabling in every room but I’m only going to hook to four ports on the router. I game a lot and I’m looking at how to set up a home network that’s efficient and fast for the purpose of gaming and video streaming. I also have s8000 Netgear switches if needed. I also have a question about the motherboard enthernet ports 1 is a 10gig aquantica connection the other two are intel nics. Motherboard is z370 pro gaming as rock. Would it benefit to hook all three nics up to the network and if so how? Teaming bridging? I’m very new to this his so any help would be greatful. So I guess my question the gurus are if you had this equipment how would correctly set your home up?

 

[failboat]

Extra NIC's won't be helpful if that's your desktop. The 10G will be overkill if you can get that hooked up. Netgear has some switches for $200-300 that have a couple 10G spf+ ports and quite a few 1G rj45.

I prefer dedicated computers for NAS/streaming. If you have a video card in yours, it will use a lot of power. It's cheaper to buy a $400 tower for NAS then run a 300W PC 24/7 for 2yrs.

Only use one router (NAT,firewall, DHCP). configure the other for wireless access point. make sure to use different wireless channels on each for the 2.4 and 5Ghz band. I'm guessing your routers are better than the ISP provided ones. Try and get theirs into switch mode, no NAT, no firewall, no DHCP.

It's ideal to have all your devices on the same switch. modem->router->switch-> wireless AP, computers, etc.
This will keep your layer 2 networking efficient. Only the WAN traffic should go through that first router.

 

[kanewolf]

Connecting multiple NICs from your motherboard is not advised. It will only cause you problems. Your in-house wiring may not be 10GE capable, so the 10GE port isn't useful.

Location of the router is always an important thing. With ethernet wiring in the house, you have some flexibility. You could have the router in the living room where it is the WIFI source for that room and provides wired connectivity for the TV or Roku. Then a single ethernet goes to the common area where the S8000 ties in the rest of the house. You use the Asus and the XR500 as access points on different floors or areas.

 

[strykewave]

So I should just use the pace and X-ray 500 I have to use a better router because the WiFi range in the att one is very bad.

 

[kanewolf]

WIFI is a function of many variables. You could try disabling the WIFI on the ATT router and connecting one of the others as a WIFI point at the same location. It may not change anything. That is why my recommendation is to have the other "routers" configured as WIFI access points throughout the house. If you have a multi-story house, having at least one WIFI source on each floor is preferable.

 

[failboat]

So I should just use the pace and X-ray 500 I have to use a better router because the WiFi range in the att one is very bad.

This why I always recommend WAP. You can put them where they are needed for wireless and not worry about connecting a bunch of other stuff to it.

 

[strykewave]

Should I put primary gaming router in dmz +

 

[kanewolf]

Should I put primary gaming router in dmz +

What benefit do you believe you will get? You have a high bandwidth WAN and wired connectivity to your primary router.

 

[bill001g]

Maybe a stupid question but do really have gigabit internet connection or is that just att being stupid with their naming. If you are using copper phone lines then that modem runs VDSL which will not go faster than about 100mbps.

If you really have a gigabit connection then there likely is a device called a ONT someplace and the pace device is just acting as router using it ethernet wan port. You should be able to swap that router out......well maybe this is att and they always have silly rules even if things are technically possible.

 

[strykewave]

I have 965 down and 935 up so not true gif but close

 

[strykewave]

I’m more worried about pings and latency not so much the bandwidth the time it takes for an action to be seen my ping.

 

[kanewolf]

I’m more worried about pings and latency not so much the bandwidth the time it takes for an action to be seen my ping.

If you are running a wired network, don't assume it is broken 'til you test it.

 

[failboat]

I’m more worried about pings and latency not so much the bandwidth the time it takes for an action to be seen my ping.

You own a lot of routers. Just try not to nest them if you can. Most can be configured into WAPs.

Do you know how to log in and do this part?

For optimizing ping and latency as long as you are only using one NAT and you're wired there isn't a lot more you can do.

Monitor refresh rate and latency are important. Even gaming keyboards and mouses help a lot. This stuff will help you more than a ton of network equipment.