The subject line says it all. I am a noob when it comes to networking. Please feel free to let the suggestions fly. I need to know all there is.
In a couple weeks I will be getting FIOS from Verizon. I will be fishing Cat5e into my walls myself. I don’t plan on connecting the RJ-45 connectors but I’ll watch them to know if they are using T568A or T568B wiring standards.
I want to install RJ-45’s in at least 3 to 5 rooms for gaming. I think I need a router and not a switch. Right? Where would the best place be to install the router? Can it be installed in my garage? It isn’t heated there and there are bugs. I just want it out of the way. I don’t want it sitting on a desk with 6 or 7 lines coming out of the wall.
What type of router would be the best?
Can you think of anything that would make this easier?
What things should I avoid?
My goal is to have people over, plug into the wall jacks, see each other,exchange files and shoot each other in peace, oh and be able to get on the web.
Thank you all in advance.
P.S. The guys who install the fiber optic lines left me like 250 feet of fiber lines. Can I use that in anyway?
In a couple weeks I will be getting FIOS from Verizon. I will be fishing Cat5e into my walls myself. I don’t plan on connecting the RJ-45 connectors but I’ll watch them to know if they are using T568A or T568B wiring standards.
I want to install RJ-45’s in at least 3 to 5 rooms for gaming. I think I need a router and not a switch. Right? Where would the best place be to install the router? Can it be installed in my garage? It isn’t heated there and there are bugs. I just want it out of the way. I don’t want it sitting on a desk with 6 or 7 lines coming out of the wall.
What type of router would be the best?
Can you think of anything that would make this easier?
What things should I avoid?
My goal is to have people over, plug into the wall jacks, see each other,exchange files and shoot each other in peace, oh and be able to get on the web.
Thank you all in advance.
P.S. The guys who install the fiber optic lines left me like 250 feet of fiber lines. Can I use that in anyway?