hi,
im in the process of looking into home network overhaul. I currently run a 300mbs wireless lan and get fairly decent results although in truth file transfer isn't going to be upto scratch once multiple devices are in use and latency can still present itself which im cool with as its still an amazing technology. wireless will still be in use.
so, im looking into an unmanaged switch just a unit that is 1gbps connection for 8 - 12 ports into a router which i would ideally like to be able to supply more than one uplink from the switch too...so my first question is, if i have a router with lets say x2 gig ethernet connections and a 12-8 port switch can i tie up x2 1gbps ports in LAG and increase the bandwidth to the router?
what kind of home / small business hardware can do this?
it seems to me if you have 8x1g connections but only 1xg uplink (realistically 65-80megabytes per sec) its a bottleneck (although in practice it might not be a problem its nice to get some more throughput possibility as i will want to stream 1080p and I also do archiving and gaming at same time, plus i also like the idea
)
also excuse my lameness but collision domains..i have a single subnet and no vlans will all my traffic collide in the switch? or does auto tagging sort this stuff now?
next question, im running cables under floors is there a good way to contain the cable? tubes? trunking?
finally once i have my cable run i will be using rj45 dual outlet sockets in the room but on the other end it would seem more logical to buy a patch panel then connect cables to a switch and then uplink to a router do people who are using Ethernet here do this? or do you simply cut into the carpet underlay and then use trunking at either end to hide tidy the wires? how does this work well with multiple wires and how do you run across areas where people walk often?
sorry for all the questions
im in the process of looking into home network overhaul. I currently run a 300mbs wireless lan and get fairly decent results although in truth file transfer isn't going to be upto scratch once multiple devices are in use and latency can still present itself which im cool with as its still an amazing technology. wireless will still be in use.
so, im looking into an unmanaged switch just a unit that is 1gbps connection for 8 - 12 ports into a router which i would ideally like to be able to supply more than one uplink from the switch too...so my first question is, if i have a router with lets say x2 gig ethernet connections and a 12-8 port switch can i tie up x2 1gbps ports in LAG and increase the bandwidth to the router?
what kind of home / small business hardware can do this?
it seems to me if you have 8x1g connections but only 1xg uplink (realistically 65-80megabytes per sec) its a bottleneck (although in practice it might not be a problem its nice to get some more throughput possibility as i will want to stream 1080p and I also do archiving and gaming at same time, plus i also like the idea
)also excuse my lameness but collision domains..i have a single subnet and no vlans will all my traffic collide in the switch? or does auto tagging sort this stuff now?
next question, im running cables under floors is there a good way to contain the cable? tubes? trunking?
finally once i have my cable run i will be using rj45 dual outlet sockets in the room but on the other end it would seem more logical to buy a patch panel then connect cables to a switch and then uplink to a router do people who are using Ethernet here do this? or do you simply cut into the carpet underlay and then use trunking at either end to hide tidy the wires? how does this work well with multiple wires and how do you run across areas where people walk often?
sorry for all the questions
