Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation Re: Home Networking Issues 5Apr 24, 2016 12:22 pm dojrude Thanks for the suggestion, but I hadn't planned it that way when I determined the number of ports, so only went for 1 in each room, so no way of patching the WAN and LAN ports to a single room for the router to go in the house. I'd always planned to have a router in the garage and an additional AP or 2 in the house connected across the LAN, hence only 1 port in each room - and 8 port switches are much cheaper than single additional ports provided by the builder were going to cost. I might have to see about getting some holes cut in the cabinet so that I can pass patch cables in and out, I just can't believe they don't provide these as standard. What about using two of these: http://www.altronics.com.au/p/d5107-cat5-rj45-splitter/ your internet connection wont currently be faster than 100mbit, so these will give you the functionality of 2 ports, through the one cable (however limiting both ports to 100mbit insteat of gigabit) Re: Home Networking Issues 6Apr 25, 2016 9:50 am kyle9600 If you want all 8 ports active you are going to need larger then an 8 port switch. ( first thing ) All you have to do. Plug the switch into power inside the cabinet Go from the Opticomm ONT/NTD ( whichever port was given to you by the ISP ) into Port 1 on the switch. Plug the remaining ports your builder installed in the cabinet into the switch. Place your router ANYWHERE in the house straight into the WAN port Done This won't give the right result, because all of the ports in the house will not be behind the router. Not only does this mean that all of the cabled devices will be connected directly to the Internet, but devices on the WiFi won't be able to communicate with the devices that aren't behind the router. Either the router needs to be located at the ONT with an additional switch if required for more active ports and an additional AP or two for WiFi in the house or they will need to use port doublers to locate the router in the house Re: Home Networking Issues 8May 03, 2016 11:35 pm The simplest way is to connect your router to the NTD, then all the data points to the router Antenna Direct Perth www.antennadirect.com.au 0423919037 Get your home NBN Ready Smart Wiring and Structured Cabling in Perth Antenna Installations | TV Wall Mounting | Data Cabling HD Security Camera Systems / CCTV I am looking at building a house. Has anyone used Construkt Homes (based in Adelaide)? Does anyone have experience with this builder? 0 6476 12 5354 Industry type domestic contracts are prepared by industry bodies for the benefit of the builders. This means that if you are the owner watch out. One of the points is… 0 3268 |