Soldato
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I currently have my wireless router (Netgear DG834G) in the hall next to my telephone master socket, the router has 4 ports, I am however installing quite a few runs of Cat5e cable to several rooms while I have the floorboards up.
I'll have about a dozen runs of cable and approx 6 devices actually connected so am looking at getting an Ethernet switch.
It'll start to look unsightly to have lots of cabling in the hall way so can use the utility room if I need to.
So my first question is what would be the best setup regarding positioning the router and switch? For example keep the Router in hall next to the master socket and switch in the utility or Router and switch both in utility? I've checked the wireless connection and it is fine in the utility room.
My other question is seen as quite a lot of the cabling will be unused at the moment would it be best to get a patch panel and from this just connect the actual ports that have devices on them?
I'll have about a dozen runs of cable and approx 6 devices actually connected so am looking at getting an Ethernet switch.
It'll start to look unsightly to have lots of cabling in the hall way so can use the utility room if I need to.
So my first question is what would be the best setup regarding positioning the router and switch? For example keep the Router in hall next to the master socket and switch in the utility or Router and switch both in utility? I've checked the wireless connection and it is fine in the utility room.
My other question is seen as quite a lot of the cabling will be unused at the moment would it be best to get a patch panel and from this just connect the actual ports that have devices on them?