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I have a three floor home with the basement about to be finished.
Here is my issue: I want a hard line to the basement as my wifi doesn't quite get there, and the basement will be the new entertainment room. My cable connection/router is in my office.
My requirements:
- High Speed connectivity to my basement
- 3-4 open ports in the basement for direct access (entertainment center, TV, Xbox, etc)
- Open line for potential home network access
So my question is:
- Do I keep a switch in my office, or run it to the basement? If in the basement, do I only need to run one wire from my router to the switch downstairs, or do I need 4 separate wires?
- Can I have a home network running on the same switch, or do I need something separate there too?
A budget range would make a big difference here. Are looking simply to get it done, get it done exceptionally cleanly, get it done cleanly but fairly inexpensively etc.. – Austin T French – 2014-09-21T17:02:30.270
Budget: <$500. I can run the wire myself, as the basement is not yet finished. As for cleanly, again, I would like to do it myself. My reptillian brain is thinking this should be easy: a cable to the switch downstairs and disseminate to the media players there, or keep a switch next to the router and run 4 cables downstairs. Granted, the combining home networking may not be feasible...? – warrior.0608 – 2014-09-21T17:08:49.497
I use a power-line networking kit with a single-port master plugged into the router and a 4-port slave next to the TV, MediaPC, Blu-ray player, etc. This performs very well at speeds well in excess of my internet connection and avoids the cost and immobility of a fixed cable. – AFH – 2014-09-21T17:12:04.520