Question In need of advice

[Huey Freeman]

Hi everyone, I am looking for help with my network setup at home.
I live in a pretty large building (barn turned into a reception hall on the second floor and we have an apartment on the first.)
So the ISP comes in on the second floor where it connects to an Arris modem (TM822G) via RG6 cable then to a router with wifi that covers stictly the upstairs (EMG2926-Q10A)
In that router the following is connected via cable, 2x debit/credit terminals for the reception hall bar, 1 router that I cascaded to service the appartment downstairs (DIR-822) and 1 spare patch cord for a laptop or other device.
This occupies all the available ports on the EMG2926-Q10A.

So far I have also cabled two more drops of cable back to the small area described earlier where the modem and first router are.
My question then is; What type of device would allow me to add additional wired drops and connect the two mentionned earlier while also keeping the wireless coverage upstairs.
My main concern is to avoid messing up the routing hence why I am requesting help.

Thank you for any input. I tried to include as much detail for the sake of clarity.
Let me know if I omitted anything.

Dave

 

[davidgirgis]

switch

 

[ElectrO_90]

Buy a switch with enough ports (and maybe a few spares) Anything by a decent brand, although I now only really recommend Ubiquiti made equipment just from the tech being superior, warranty, help, updates etc.
connect 1 cable from Router to Switch
connect ALL cables that were in the router to the switch if you want to (which I would do).

 

[Huey Freeman]

Buy a switch with enough ports (and maybe a few spares) Anything by a decent brand, although I now only really recommend Ubiquiti made equipment just from the tech being superior, warranty, help, updates etc.
connect 1 cable from Router to Switch
connect ALL cables that were in the router to the switch if you want to (which I would do).

Would the switch have any incidence on the second router downstairs or would I simply plug in said switch and leave it as is?

 

[bill001g]

For most people a switch is purely a way to get extra ports and it really doesn't matter where you plug it in. If you were running some massive server transfer lots of data to other machines in the building then you would be concerned about placement but not likely a issue with the equipment you describe.

I would buy gigabit switch ports there is only a very small difference in price over the 10/100 units.

 

[Huey Freeman]

Thank you all for the help. I will be getting a gig switch then as that seems to be the cheapest and simplest way to expand my network.

 

[ElectrO_90]

Without going too technical, depends on how much you want to expand in the future.
If you get a PoE switch, this then can power AP's around your property as well as PoE CCTV cameras and a whole host of different devices.
Of course this comes down to budget and of course which country you are in.

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Rethinking IT

www.ui.com

This is rack mountable but you don't have to.
It's also 24 port which may be too many, but can you really have too many sockets?