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| Vocalitus:
--- Quote from: mameotron on January 17, 2021, 02:50:43 pm --- --- Quote from: Typefighter01 on January 05, 2021, 07:39:51 am ---Could one of you fine gentlemen just confirm for me that either a switch or a router will support both surfing the net and local LAN style gaming and it will save me running a secondary redundant cable from bedroom to bedroom? --- End quote --- Just to clear up any confusion - You can't just run a standard cable directly from one computer to another. You would need a "crossover" cable to do this. You need to run a cable from each computer to your router. Your router connects both computers to the internet and each other. --- End quote --- Well you could if it was a bus network.... :lol Crossover CAT 4/5e/6 cable for PC to PC. Switch or HUB (do they exist anymore?), and also true for Access Port or home internet router. |
| knave:
I would join in and suggest you run CAT 5e or CAT 6 to your modem location. Chances are that in 10 years you will have a new device but ethernet cables will still be the best way. My house is small enough for wifi to work well and I still wish I had ethernet in every room. |
| Vocalitus:
--- Quote ---My house is small enough for wifi to work well and I still wish I had ethernet in every room. --- End quote --- You can, just use Powerline. ;D |
| Typefighter01:
--- Quote from: mameotron on January 17, 2021, 02:50:43 pm --- --- Quote from: Typefighter01 on January 05, 2021, 07:39:51 am ---Could one of you fine gentlemen just confirm for me that either a switch or a router will support both surfing the net and local LAN style gaming and it will save me running a secondary redundant cable from bedroom to bedroom? --- End quote --- Just to clear up any confusion - You can't just run a standard cable directly from one computer to another. You would need a "crossover" cable to do this. You need to run a cable from each computer to your router. Your router connects both computers to the internet and each other. --- End quote --- Nice...thank you. This is how I have wired it and went with CAT-6 Sort of bugged me that I didn’t run coax, HDMI, speaker wire...etc to each room from media area as kids might want to watch UFC in their own rooms with friends or a rented movie or run their own cable box. Turns out you can run anything you want over Ethernet cable, some solutions are just passive adapters and some need some sort of powered adapter box (for example https://www.phdsolutions.co/product/1x2-hdbaset-splitter-1-local-hdmi-out-1-cat-out-100m-poelanirrs232). But having CAT-6 run to each room means I can pretty much do whatever I want. So thanks again. |
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