- Jan 23, 2009
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Hey guys. Im thinking of installing a second router in our house to manage my own systems.
A little background on my situation, Im 19 and possibly moving out in the near future. Currently we have 1 router (WRT54 running tomato) that is hardwired to a single Comcast modem, my mothers office desktop and an xbox. In our basement, we have three desktops connected via wireless. Also, there are various phones and tablets that connect via wireless and a second xbox that is used every once and a while via wireless. My situation comes in with my two desktops (1 main desktop and a second desktop to backup files via FTP and to host a Digital Paintball server (half life, counterstrike type game) along with being able to use VNC inside and outside our local network.)
Id like to hardwire a second router in the basement and then hardwire my two desktops to that router. My main reason for this is so that my Server will be hardwired to prevent any lag that might happen with the wireless network. Also, having a router dedicated to my computers will allow me to make changes without effecting the rest of the family. Id like to just put the current router into the basement but My dad insists that my mom's work desktop be hardwired. Also, when I move out, Id like to already have my own network gear. Plus its kind of fun to figure this stuff out
My plan - The main router is hardwired to the modem, and it's IP is 192.168.1.1. the second router would be attached via a 50ft cat6 (or cat 5e) cable and ran into the basement. My desktops would be wired to the second router. Now my questions, does FTP benefit from a 1000mb/s connection or is 100mb/s plenty? It seems like my ftp maxes out at 110mb/s through my crossover cable (hacked up straight through cable, I dont want to keep using this as my ftp solution. Wireless was way slow to backup large files quickly.) Also, how would my port forwarding for the server and desktop work? I have port forwarding setup for torrenting, vnc, and the Digital Paintball server. I can access vnc and the game server from the outside of my network. My first thoughts were that I would have the main router forward those ports to my second router's IP. Then have the second router forward those ports to the server/desktop? I feel like adding a second subnet might make things like this difficult.
This is a picture of what I have in my head. I know a second subnet/router is overkill for this work load but it is something id like to try out, I like exploring things.
sorry about the watermark. first time using that program.. free trial.
A little background on my situation, Im 19 and possibly moving out in the near future. Currently we have 1 router (WRT54 running tomato) that is hardwired to a single Comcast modem, my mothers office desktop and an xbox. In our basement, we have three desktops connected via wireless. Also, there are various phones and tablets that connect via wireless and a second xbox that is used every once and a while via wireless. My situation comes in with my two desktops (1 main desktop and a second desktop to backup files via FTP and to host a Digital Paintball server (half life, counterstrike type game) along with being able to use VNC inside and outside our local network.)
Id like to hardwire a second router in the basement and then hardwire my two desktops to that router. My main reason for this is so that my Server will be hardwired to prevent any lag that might happen with the wireless network. Also, having a router dedicated to my computers will allow me to make changes without effecting the rest of the family. Id like to just put the current router into the basement but My dad insists that my mom's work desktop be hardwired. Also, when I move out, Id like to already have my own network gear. Plus its kind of fun to figure this stuff out
My plan - The main router is hardwired to the modem, and it's IP is 192.168.1.1. the second router would be attached via a 50ft cat6 (or cat 5e) cable and ran into the basement. My desktops would be wired to the second router. Now my questions, does FTP benefit from a 1000mb/s connection or is 100mb/s plenty? It seems like my ftp maxes out at 110mb/s through my crossover cable (hacked up straight through cable, I dont want to keep using this as my ftp solution. Wireless was way slow to backup large files quickly.) Also, how would my port forwarding for the server and desktop work? I have port forwarding setup for torrenting, vnc, and the Digital Paintball server. I can access vnc and the game server from the outside of my network. My first thoughts were that I would have the main router forward those ports to my second router's IP. Then have the second router forward those ports to the server/desktop? I feel like adding a second subnet might make things like this difficult.
This is a picture of what I have in my head. I know a second subnet/router is overkill for this work load but it is something id like to try out, I like exploring things.
sorry about the watermark. first time using that program.. free trial.
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