Hi, hope you can help me out. I am moving home this weekend and trying to figure out the best networking solution. Running cables everywhere is not ideal initially so I am going to have to use homeplugs.
The initial setup would be:-
1) Ground Floor will have the router connected to homeplug
2) First Floor will have multiple devices e.g. (PC, NAS, PS4, TV) connected to a switch which is then connected to a homeplug.
My question is, with this setup, when passing data from devices connected to the switch (e.g the PC & NAS), will the data be forced to the router and back or will it simply flow through the switch and not have to goto the router? Obviously in this setup I would prefer to avoid it going to the router as then it has to go through the much slower homeplug part of the network.
Thanks for your help.
The initial setup would be:-
1) Ground Floor will have the router connected to homeplug
2) First Floor will have multiple devices e.g. (PC, NAS, PS4, TV) connected to a switch which is then connected to a homeplug.
My question is, with this setup, when passing data from devices connected to the switch (e.g the PC & NAS), will the data be forced to the router and back or will it simply flow through the switch and not have to goto the router? Obviously in this setup I would prefer to avoid it going to the router as then it has to go through the much slower homeplug part of the network.
Thanks for your help.