Integrating Actiontec into existing "home run" network cabling
Set up:
- I have existing Cat5 run to all room in house via a "home run" wiring closet.
- Just got FIOS installed (internet, TV and phone)
I would like to use the WAN port from Actiontec and run to Wiring closet to be distributed via a 16 port switch.
Possible?
How can I set this up?
Very experienced tech, only moderately experienced with networking.
_mike
I don't know whether shared/switched ports on the back of the ActionTec, but will share my experience. When I built my house, I pre-ran 2 CAT5 computer lines to every room, terminating in the office area upstairs into a patch panel. I have 3 of the four ethernet ports on the ActionTec hooked to 3 computers in the office. I have one port hooked to a hub/switch near the patch panel. I have patch cords between the hub/switch to the patch panel to run the computers in the bedrooms downstairs. There was also an XBox 360 plugged in through the hub/switch. I also have another wireless router downstairs for better signal hooked up through the hub/switch.
Wired (direct or through hub/switch) or wireless, I get near same speeds (within a few hundred bits) on any computer when doing speed tests (speedtest.net or speakeasy.net/speedtest) and they are close to/exceed the speed I pay for.
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