My modem is in my master bedroom, and i need my router in the living room, but i also want to connect computer, PS4, Blu ray and or smart tv in the rooms that are pre wired in home, is there ANY modem out there that can be connected directly to a switch and give a signal to those devices with out having to have the router in the bedroom with modem to make this happen!?
Modem-> Switch-> Router
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No.
A modem, if we are using the correct term, serves up one and only one IP address.
This is either to a single system (a PC), or to a router.
This router then serves up multiple internal IP addresses to all your devices.
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OK, so...
The network box in the master bdrm...what is this? A patch panel?
If so...
Modem->router->switch->patch panel->rest of the house.
You mentioned you need the "router in the living room". Why does the router need to be there?
If you are just looking for more wired ports, another switch in that room will work.
Well it's not exactly a patch panel, all the cat5's are there in the box, reason why i need the router in living room is because the master bedroom is far from the living room! signal is not great from there and i don't like wifi extenders!
Lets just say no. Put the router in the closet and a AP in the living room if you really need wireless there or something.
Your problem is you need modem-----wan/router/lan----switch. You likely only have 1 ethernet cable between the common room and the living room and you need 2. You can solve this with managed switches that can run vlans and run both connections over a single cable. This is not a beginner things to try and you will need to buy 2 small managed switches.
Your problem is you need modem-----wan/router/lan----switch. You likely only have 1 ethernet cable between the common room and the living room and you need 2. You can solve this with managed switches that can run vlans and run both connections over a single cable. This is not a beginner things to try and you will need to buy 2 small managed switches.
There are many levels of manged switch. Some very advanced ones can do most the functions of a router but not all....in particular the NAT function you need to talk to the internet.
What you want is the lowest level of managed switch. They go by many names when you are looking at the cheap ones. Sometimes they are called smart switches but some manufacture call their simple switches "smart" when they do nothing more than the simple unmanged devices.
The features you need are vlan support. In particular you need a feature called 802.1q which is vlan tagging. Most switches that have vlan support also have that feature.
What you want is the lowest level of managed switch. They go by many names when you are looking at the cheap ones. Sometimes they are called smart switches but some manufacture call their simple switches "smart" when they do nothing more than the simple unmanged devices.
The features you need are vlan support. In particular you need a feature called 802.1q which is vlan tagging. Most switches that have vlan support also have that feature.
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Aren't managed switches still really expensive though? even if they're low level.
His only really option is to either buy a better wireless router, or get a wireless bridge/access point/extender.
His only really option is to either buy a better wireless router, or get a wireless bridge/access point/extender.
It is not so much the cost but the learning curve for someone who has never done vlans especially some of these really cheap switches are configured using strange utility software rather than a web or console interface. You can get tplink sg108e for under $50 each. It is very surprising how powerful these devices really are you used to pay $500 for low end HP or Dell stuff a few years back, You can easily get a AP for under $100 which is much simpler to understand.
In general most the cabinets I have seen are in the back of closets which are horrible locations for wireless equipment no matter what you buy. But the router must go there logically even if you get creative and find a way to physically put it someplace else.
In general most the cabinets I have seen are in the back of closets which are horrible locations for wireless equipment no matter what you buy. But the router must go there logically even if you get creative and find a way to physically put it someplace else.
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I don't understand. If the house is wired, what's the problem? Isn't there a drop in the front room? Why put a switch in the bedroom? If the main gear is in the bedroom and there are drops all over the house, why not put a switch in the front room? And old wifi router put into bridged mode will do it. That's what I did when I was in this situation. You plug that into the drop in the front room and use the wifi and four ports in the back for the equipment. Easy peasy.
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The router is their wireless access point.
The router in the main closet gives bad reception in the living room.
A switch in regular mode can't be used to send the signal to the router from the modem.
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You missed what I was saying. I know the router is in the bedroom, and it gives a weak signal in there. But if the house is wired, there should be a drop in the front room. You can take an old wifi router and put it in bridged mode. Use a Cat5 cord from the drop and plug it into the yellow "input" on the old wifi router. Once you do this you'll have another access point, and four more wired connections.
I used to live in a converted house. It was gutted on the inside and made into three apartments. I lived in the studio in the back. My landlord said I should have wifi, but he couldn't remember the password for it. (some combo of the address and his name, he told me to play around with that but I could never make it work. A, B, and my unit C all had drops in our units. I did EXACTLY what I'm suggesting here. I took and old router that I had laying around and went into the interface for it. Put it in bridged or AP mode. (Each model might call it something else.) Once I did that I had my own wifi and four more wired points instead of the one that was in my studio. Trust me, this works.
I used to live in a converted house. It was gutted on the inside and made into three apartments. I lived in the studio in the back. My landlord said I should have wifi, but he couldn't remember the password for it. (some combo of the address and his name, he told me to play around with that but I could never make it work. A, B, and my unit C all had drops in our units. I did EXACTLY what I'm suggesting here. I took and old router that I had laying around and went into the interface for it. Put it in bridged or AP mode. (Each model might call it something else.) Once I did that I had my own wifi and four more wired points instead of the one that was in my studio. Trust me, this works.
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