Using a switch better than extension?

[cymatty]

Ok quick question, I am having broadband installed soon and will get a free wireless router.

To this router I want to connect,

Xbox- Wire
PC - Wire
Blu-ray - wire

Laptop - wifi
Phone - wifi

Now my master socket is a good 40ft from where all the wired things need connecting, so rather than using a telephone extension I thought about using minimal wiring to the router then a Ethernet cable run to a switch.

So my questions are,

A) would this work
B) is this better than using a 40ft extension?

Thanks

 

[cymatty]

I'd say it would improve it. I'd hazard a guess and say the sync speed would *probably* be better!

Without sounding to general, I'd go the way you're saying as I reckon it would be better. Harder to run the cat5, but unless the master socket is in really a bad place the wifi hould still be fine, and you can add plenty more ports via the switch

The wifi should be fine as the room is 40ft long but all open so there shouldn't be anything stopping me getting a good signal.

I can get a switch which gets good reviews for £12 (Zyxel Dimension 8-Port Desktop Switch) so its not massively more expensive than a telephone extension.