We bought a new house back in June and to my suprise it came with structured wiring of Cat5e to all the rooms. Right now I have a cable modem, router and wireless access point all running my home network of course at 10/100mbps. Ive been doing alot of media sharing either between my PS3 and laptop/desktop or between desktop and laptop and I noticed that MKV high def video files were not keeping up when running through VLC player between desktop and laptop (laptop was plugged into cat5e jack not via wireless)
Now I want a gigabit connection which I know I can do over my Cat5e. So with this theoretical setup I am about to propose, will it give me gigabit media sharing?
1. my cable modem plugs into my theoretical wireless N router with 4 port gigabit switch
2. then my computer (which has gigabit ports) plugs into the router,
3. then the router is plugged into the wall which is then sent to a central box in a distant room
4. that cable running to the central box is then hooked up to a gigabit switch,
5. Then the remaining Cat5e cables from around the house are then plugged into the gigabit switch along with the cable that basically came from the router back in a distant room.
6. Now all the jacks should be receiving signal and in one room on the opposite side of the house from the router I will place a wireless access point (which I know cannot do gigabit) to cover some dead spots
Anyone following me?
Question 1: Will I get gigabit media sharing with the proposed setup?
Question 2: Will having a 10/100mpbs cable modem plugged into the entire setup downregulate the entire setup to run at that speed?
Thanks!
Now I want a gigabit connection which I know I can do over my Cat5e. So with this theoretical setup I am about to propose, will it give me gigabit media sharing?
1. my cable modem plugs into my theoretical wireless N router with 4 port gigabit switch
2. then my computer (which has gigabit ports) plugs into the router,
3. then the router is plugged into the wall which is then sent to a central box in a distant room
4. that cable running to the central box is then hooked up to a gigabit switch,
5. Then the remaining Cat5e cables from around the house are then plugged into the gigabit switch along with the cable that basically came from the router back in a distant room.
6. Now all the jacks should be receiving signal and in one room on the opposite side of the house from the router I will place a wireless access point (which I know cannot do gigabit) to cover some dead spots
Anyone following me?
Question 1: Will I get gigabit media sharing with the proposed setup?
Question 2: Will having a 10/100mpbs cable modem plugged into the entire setup downregulate the entire setup to run at that speed?
Thanks!