Re: ADSL Hard Wired House
- From: "Sparks" <postmaster@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:09:23 +0100
"Gary McGuinness" <NOSPAMgary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This reply is for everybody who has replied to my post.
I aim to do 6 points across the house, each bedroom (4 of them) will have
it's own BT line.
And my line (1 of the BT lines) will have the ADSL connection, and then
supply wired ADSL to each of the 4 bedrooms and kitchen and living room.
My bedroom will of course have my phone line and the ADSL connection.
My Questions ?????
1) I need 6 connections, so I guess that means 6 ports ???
2) So I need to buy a router, can anybody recommended one, for the
purposes of this discussion exercise ????
3) several Ethernet switches, what is one these ??????
4) Some have 4 ports, but you can have 253 users, a bit confused by this
???
5) can I have a wired and wireless router in the same bit of kit ????
Thanx for everybody's comments/help.
Gary
Replies go down here!
1 - It means AT LEAST 6 ports, as you may need 6 now, but you will need more
later!
I would suggest you install double sockets everywhere for starters, cable is
cheap, and if you are running one ,you may as well just run two. If you
don't install wireless, and there is a PC installed in a bedroom, where do
you plug in a laptop, digital set top box, Voice Over IP Phone, etc.. in the
future! I always think a network socket face plate with just one socket
looks a but strange too :-)
2 - I use a Netgear DG834GT - it supports ADSL2, so if you go for a provider
like UKOnline, you can get up to 24MB broadband.
3 - An Ethernet switch is like a splitter, there are two types, a hub and a
switch - a hub just sends all received data out to all ports, the equipment
that it is not destined for just ignores the data not for them.
A Switch is intelligent, if a PC in port 1 wants to talk to another PC on
port 2, the switch only transmits the data between the two ports. this means
PC 1 and 2 can talk to each other at full speed, as can a pc talking to
another PC on port 4, all at the same time - a hub will half the speed in
this situation.
4 - Most routers use the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 - This means the total
network range on a 192.168.1.0 range is 192.168.1.1 -> 192.168.1.254 the
Router uses one of these addresses so that leaves 253 spare addresses.
If the subnet mask was 255.255.0.0 this would mean an address range of
192.168.1.1 -> 192.168.254.254 not really necessary to have 64,516 addresses
in a normal home or office install! (a 255.0.0.0 subnet would give you
192.1.1.1 -> 192.255.255.255 - that's 16,387,064 addresses!)
You just use hubs or switches to expand the number of ports available, daisy
chaining where and when you need.
5 - Yes, the DG834GT is both wired and wireless, just make sure you setup
the encryption on the wireless (WPA-PSK if your other kit supports it), or
your neighbours get free broadband!
Sparks...
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