[SOLVED] Help with Home FTTP Network

[braddingo]

Good Evening All,

Hopefully this is a really easy answer for you networking specialists out there!
I have FTTP running to my new build house (UK) which terminates into BT's box on the ground floor utility room.
I currently have 2 Ethernet sockets set-up around the house (builder put these in), one running to the office (literally next door to the utlity room) and one running to the Living Room (other side of the house and up one floor).
I would like to install another Ethernet socket on the top floor, which will be located just above the Living Room Ethernet Socket.
This is how my network is set-up currently:
FTTP Box>Netgear Nighthawk Router>Ethernet socket 1&2(which connects both rooms mentioned above).
What I would like to do is set-up another Ethernet socket that runs from the living room up to the top room floor - is this possible, or would i need to run another cable from the FTTP Box room (utlity) all the way up to the 3rd floor.

Let me know what you think.
Thanks for your help in advance.

 

[punkncat]

The best plan would be to run a dedicated cable if it's possible.

 

[braddingo]

The best plan would be to run a dedicated cable if it's possible.

Thanks for the speedy response, so you would recommend a cable from the FTTP Box and router box room to the top floor rather than from 2nd to 3rd?

Are there any benefits of doing this?

 

[punkncat]

If I understand correctly you would either run a cable from the router to device, or a switch at the living room to tie in that connection and the one upstairs?
Without knowing what you are up against it's hard to comment on the installation aspect. I am guessing either open or acoustical tile in base area and sheetrock elsewhere?

 

[braddingo]

If I understand correctly you would either run a cable from the router to device, or a switch at the living room to tie in that connection and the one upstairs?
Without knowing what you are up against it's hard to comment on the installation aspect. I am guessing either open or acoustical tile in base area and sheetrock elsewhere?

So it would either be run a cable from Router to ethernet socket in utility to 3rd floor ethernet socket (to be installed)
OR
Run a cable from Router to ethernet socket in utility to 2nd floor ethernet socket (installed) to a 3rd floor ethernet socket (to be installed)

I would be looking to run an external cat 6 cable so the installation process of doing 2nd to 3rd would be a lot less hassle.
I would just like to know whether i would get the same performance out of this.

Thanks!

 

[punkncat]

You should not suffer significant issues with standard use having two PC on a switch line.

 

[bill001g]

It is not uncommon for new houses to run cable from some central location to every room. You would then place a switch at that location.

The connection still must go ISP---modem---router---switch. So in many cases you would place all three devices in the cabenet. The problem is the wifi works poorly since these rooms tend to be in the basement or garage or a metal box in some closet. The solution is to place a AP in various rooms to expand the wifi coverage. You could place AP in every room if you really needed.

Now technically the router does not have to go in the closet but it is more for people that have cable modems. So lets say the ISP run the cable connection the living room. You would still place the switch in the central location but your modem would be connected via coax in the living room and connected directly to the router. you would then run a lan port back to the central closet. The path is still ISP-modem-router-switch but the cable between the router and switch goes though the wall rather than directly

 

[braddingo]

It is not uncommon for new houses to run cable from some central location to every room. You would then place a switch at that location.

The connection still must go ISP---modem---router---switch. So in many cases you would place all three devices in the cabenet. The problem is the wifi works poorly since these rooms tend to be in the basement or garage or a metal box in some closet. The solution is to place a AP in various rooms to expand the wifi coverage. You could place AP in every room if you really needed.

Now technically the router does not have to go in the closet but it is more for people that have cable modems. So lets say the ISP run the cable connection the living room. You would still place the switch in the central location but your modem would be connected via coax in the living room and connected directly to the router. you would then run a lan port back to the central closet. The path is still ISP-modem-router-switch but the cable between the router and switch goes though the wall rather than directly

Thanks for the detailed answer.

I guess my resolution at this time is to run the router through two different wall sockets to get to the end point. for example the endpoint socket would not be connected centrally in the cabinet.
So it would go ISP>Modem>Router>Switch>Ethernet Socket1>Ethernet Socket2.
Rather than the ideal set-up of ISP>Modem>Router>Switch>Ethernet Socket2.

Do you envision any issues with connecting 1 socket to the router and then connecting that socket to another socket?

 

[bill001g]

If all you are doing is making a longer wire in effect it will be fine. You can go 100 meters.

 

[SamirD]

You can easily wire just from the 2nd floor to the 3rd. The only caveat to doing so is that you will need a switch at the 2nd floor so you can plug in the jack on the 3rd floor--much how you plug in the jacks on the 1st and 2nd floor at the router.

The performance of this setup is identical to running a line all the way to the router from the 3rd floor, and should bring significant cost savings.