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foreright

foreright

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If say I have a router at one end of a lounge connected to my BB modem. Then on the distribution side I have (all hard wired Cat5) Cable 1 to the PC at the other end of the lounge, Cable 2 to upstairs bedroom A. If I want a feed to bedroom B. Is there something I can connect to the end of Cable 2 so that I can supply A and drill a hole through the wall and supply B.
Or do I have to run another cable from the router to B
 
foreright said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-030-EX

If this is OK. Could one of the PC's connected to it be the one which has say my DVD archive for streaming to the rest of the house. Or would that PC have to have it's own dedicated cable to the router
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No, it can work through the switch just like a normal network. The switch is essentially just an extension of your existing network, so if you have a PC on the switch and allow networking to other machines, you can stream from there.

The one you have selected looks fine, good price too :)
 
gillywibble said:
No, it can work through the switch just like a normal network. The switch is essentially just an extension of your existing network, so if you have a PC on the switch and allow networking to other machines, you can stream from there.

The one you have selected looks fine, good price too :)
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Thanks for this thread OP, was thinking exact same thing.

So is it standard RJ45 lan cable from router to switch, and from the switch to the upstairs PCs?
 
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