BT Infinity and House LAN

Hi,
I am a noob to BT Infinity and wanted to see if the following is possible. Can you please let me know if this is feasible or just my aspiration gone too far?
1. I have a Linksys WRT610N router that I want to use for my wireless within the house
2. I have a Netgear switch in the loft
3. The house is CAT6 cabled
Can I
1. Have the Openreach modem that comes with BT infinity installed in the loft(with the master socket) next to the switch
2. connect the LAN1 of the OR modem into my switch
3. Connect the Linksys router(in the WAN port??) to the LAN (on the ground floor) via the installed LAN socket (which goes to the switch in the loft)
will this work? please advise.
regards

abjt wrote:
Hi,
I am a noob to BT Infinity and wanted to see if the following is possible. Can you please let me know if this is feasible or just my aspiration gone too far?
1. I have a Linksys WRT610N router that I want to use for my wireless within the house
2. I have a Netgear switch in the loft
3. The house is CAT6 cabled
Can I
1. Have the Openreach modem that comes with BT infinity installed in the loft(with the master socket) next to the switch
2. connect the LAN1 of the OR modem into my switch
3. Connect the Linksys router(in the WAN port??) to the LAN (on the ground floor) via the installed LAN socket (which goes to the switch in the loft)
will this work? please advise.
regards
You have almost the exact same setup as me already exept I have CAT6a cabling. The way I have set it up is have the router downstairs where the master socket is, feed a CAT5,5e,6,6a cable into the loft to the switch (Infinity's maximum throughput is less that 40mbps and even CAT5 cables can handle 100mbps speeds). From the Switch I have my WAPS (Wireless Access Points) plugged in (1 HomeHub v1 plugged into a v2 which is linked to the switch).
As well as having the switch in the loft, I have 2 servers which never overheat. See below for a diagram if you want to see how I did mine:
To connect a router to a home network, all you would have to do is connect a switch to one of the ports located on the back of the router where you would usually plug computers in.
I hope this helps
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