I have a BT Home Hub which has four Gigabit Ethernet ports (https://www.bt.com/help/broadband/learn-about-the-ports-on-your-bt-hub)
I then have an Ethernet cable running from the home hub to a switch under the stairs, with Cat5 cables coming off this switch to a number of locations.
I have a cable run to the attic, I am going to add a second switch here to run four cables to our detached garage in preparation for adding an office space there. (Although in the attic, it is the easiest route to the garage, and I’ve already got a spare CAT5 cable run from the under stairs switch).
I am upgrading the existing switch under the stairs and I have some questions:
(1) Do I connect the Ethernet cable from the BT home hub to an uplink port?
(2) As the port from the home hub is gigabit would that provide greater bandwidth coming into the switch?
(3) If the new (replacement, under stairs) switch has an uplink port, do I need to connect this to an uplink port on a new switch, or any port?
(4) Is there any benefit connecting uplink to uplink on two switches?
The existing switch I have is the Netgear GS308P - which says it is a gigabit switch - so I don’t even know if I need to upgrade it to one with an uplink!
Thanks in advance for any advice you can give.
Luke
I then have an Ethernet cable running from the home hub to a switch under the stairs, with Cat5 cables coming off this switch to a number of locations.
I have a cable run to the attic, I am going to add a second switch here to run four cables to our detached garage in preparation for adding an office space there. (Although in the attic, it is the easiest route to the garage, and I’ve already got a spare CAT5 cable run from the under stairs switch).
I am upgrading the existing switch under the stairs and I have some questions:
(1) Do I connect the Ethernet cable from the BT home hub to an uplink port?
(2) As the port from the home hub is gigabit would that provide greater bandwidth coming into the switch?
(3) If the new (replacement, under stairs) switch has an uplink port, do I need to connect this to an uplink port on a new switch, or any port?
(4) Is there any benefit connecting uplink to uplink on two switches?
The existing switch I have is the Netgear GS308P - which says it is a gigabit switch - so I don’t even know if I need to upgrade it to one with an uplink!
Thanks in advance for any advice you can give.
Luke
