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Increasing wired connections to FTTC router.
29-09-2012 8:06 PM
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As I understand it, the modem will connect to one of the four ports on the back of the router and to get the best performance, I'm better off using wired connections for my various network devices rather than 802.11g wi-fi. (Getting Cat-5 cables back to the router isn't a problem).
To increase the number of available ports, can I just buy an unmanaged ethernet switch such as the Netgear FS108 and plug that into one of the three remaining ports on the back of the router, and then plug my devices (Laptop, Desktop PC, Smart TV, Freeview PVR, PS/3, Print Server) into the switch?
Regards,
Jules.
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29-09-2012 9:32 PM
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29-09-2012 9:46 PM
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29-09-2012 10:45 PM
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29-09-2012 11:11 PM
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30-09-2012 11:01 AM
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I'd be buying a gigabit switch though, for future-proofing reasons, and because your existing laptop/desktop/PS3 might benefit when they are talking to each other rather than the internet. Netgear's GS108 is not much more expensive than the FS108; there are cheaper gigabit switches available too.
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30-09-2012 11:08 AM
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Quote from: jtonline (Getting Cat-5 cables back to the router isn't a problem).
For future proofing I'd be getting better than Cat-5 (definitely required if you go for a gig switch).
I have an issue with Netgear kit in the solid blue cases - if you drop them they damage the floor!
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30-09-2012 11:12 AM
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30-09-2012 3:08 PM
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Quote from: jtonline Thanks for the reply. From what I can gather, the router that Plusnet provides for FTTC has a modified firmware that creates a WAN port from one of it's ethernet ports.
Quote from: AxeMurderer Dvorak is correct in respect of most fibre modem compatible routers.
I got the Netgear router from PN for my fibre connection, forgot they'd switched to the T one..
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30-09-2012 9:16 PM
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30-09-2012 10:41 PM
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Quote from: jelv For future proofing I'd be getting better than Cat-5 (definitely required if you go for a gig switch).
Incorrect.
Well, being pedantic, correct in the sense that Cat5 IS inadequate if you can get it.
However it was superceded long ago by Cat5e which is perfectly fine for gigabit.
See: http://www.cat-5-cable-company.com/faq-cat5-v-cat5e.htm
Cat6 has no advantage (up to gigabit speeds) over Cat 5e other than it's bulkier, goes round corners less easily and is more difficult to terminate. If those features are important to you, go for it. Prices are pretty similar.
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