I just purchased a three story Townhouse and am ready to setup my wired and wireless network.
I found that there are ethernet ports on all three levels. There is a cat5 patch panel one of the bedrooms on Level 3.
I just bought the following:
- Motorola Surfboard SB6141 Cable Modem
- Asus - Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
- Linksys - 5-Port 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Switch
On the 1st floor is where my office will be so I'd like to have my Desktop computer connection via ethernet.
On the 2nd & 3rd floor is where I'd like to have my wireless connection be active.
Should I hook up my Cable Modem and Wirless Router on the 3rd floor to the Patch Panel?
Or should I hook it up on the 1st floor and just connect my desktop in the 1st floor office to the Wireless router via an ethernet cable and hope the 2nd and 3rd floors will be able to access the wireless router?
Do I even need the Linksys - 5-Port 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Switch? My wireless router has a four point ethernet switch (the Patch Panel only has four ethernet ports to it)
I found that there are ethernet ports on all three levels. There is a cat5 patch panel one of the bedrooms on Level 3.
I just bought the following:
- Motorola Surfboard SB6141 Cable Modem
- Asus - Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
- Linksys - 5-Port 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Switch
On the 1st floor is where my office will be so I'd like to have my Desktop computer connection via ethernet.
On the 2nd & 3rd floor is where I'd like to have my wireless connection be active.
Should I hook up my Cable Modem and Wirless Router on the 3rd floor to the Patch Panel?
Or should I hook it up on the 1st floor and just connect my desktop in the 1st floor office to the Wireless router via an ethernet cable and hope the 2nd and 3rd floors will be able to access the wireless router?
Do I even need the Linksys - 5-Port 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Switch? My wireless router has a four point ethernet switch (the Patch Panel only has four ethernet ports to it)