Hi,
There is so much info out there on networking it makes my head spin and I end up doing nothing. Here is the issue: my house is completely hard wired with cat5e to every room and there is a distribution box in the middle of the house on the 1st floor in the garage. The OTA HD and the wireless 4.5 mbps, with available 10 mbps, internet signals go into the that distribution box. From there, the internet goes off to an upstairs spare bedroom where one PC uses the internet connection. The OTA HD signal goes upstairs to the master bedroom suite to one TV. I want to get the OTA HD signal to 3 other rooms in the house and I am working on that now. I also want to get internet to a total of 6 rooms in the house: the current spare bedroom, the master bedroom suite, the theater room, the kitchen, the living room, and the garage. There is cat5e in each room and I want to use it. I also would like wireless at some point in the future but not now. I want to stream Netflix, Hulu, Pandora, etc. What equipment do I need and which brands and models? I guess I am looking for someone to tell me what to buy. I would think one go crazy with $$$ but let's keep the cost to a moderate, mid-range, "standard" home owner who wants to stream movies, etc. We are not big on-line game players. From what I have read online I need a router and that is it...I think. Do I need a cable/DSL modem? My internet is wireless radio and that is all I have access to. There is no Comcast, no Xfinity, nothing like that. I have access to satellite or wireless internet and I am done with sate internet. It was like the dark ages when compared to my 4.5 mbps wireless in terms of speed. I don't think I need a cable/DSL modem but I do not know for sure. All wired network pictures show on but I think it may be because most people have cable/DSL and therefore it is required. So, maybe I do not need one. Anyway, with me wanting to have internet in 6 rooms, plus the future capability of wireless, am I correct in that an 8-port router is what I need? I think I want a 802.11n with gigabyte switch router, correct? This router would go in the distribution box on the 1st floor, correct, and all other rooms would feed from it, right? Or, would I put the router upstairs next to a PC or TV in one of the rooms I want internet in? If so, does the internet signal go to that router 1st and then back down to the distribution box to be sent to the other PCs and TVs? Do I need a Roku box on each TV and the one front projector in the theater room? Does anyone make a 802.11n gigabyte switch router for an Ethernet network? Do I need something like the Samsung HomeSync product? Or, do I need a Western Digital DVR or TV Live Hub or one of their routers? Thanks for the help.
There is so much info out there on networking it makes my head spin and I end up doing nothing. Here is the issue: my house is completely hard wired with cat5e to every room and there is a distribution box in the middle of the house on the 1st floor in the garage. The OTA HD and the wireless 4.5 mbps, with available 10 mbps, internet signals go into the that distribution box. From there, the internet goes off to an upstairs spare bedroom where one PC uses the internet connection. The OTA HD signal goes upstairs to the master bedroom suite to one TV. I want to get the OTA HD signal to 3 other rooms in the house and I am working on that now. I also want to get internet to a total of 6 rooms in the house: the current spare bedroom, the master bedroom suite, the theater room, the kitchen, the living room, and the garage. There is cat5e in each room and I want to use it. I also would like wireless at some point in the future but not now. I want to stream Netflix, Hulu, Pandora, etc. What equipment do I need and which brands and models? I guess I am looking for someone to tell me what to buy. I would think one go crazy with $$$ but let's keep the cost to a moderate, mid-range, "standard" home owner who wants to stream movies, etc. We are not big on-line game players. From what I have read online I need a router and that is it...I think. Do I need a cable/DSL modem? My internet is wireless radio and that is all I have access to. There is no Comcast, no Xfinity, nothing like that. I have access to satellite or wireless internet and I am done with sate internet. It was like the dark ages when compared to my 4.5 mbps wireless in terms of speed. I don't think I need a cable/DSL modem but I do not know for sure. All wired network pictures show on but I think it may be because most people have cable/DSL and therefore it is required. So, maybe I do not need one. Anyway, with me wanting to have internet in 6 rooms, plus the future capability of wireless, am I correct in that an 8-port router is what I need? I think I want a 802.11n with gigabyte switch router, correct? This router would go in the distribution box on the 1st floor, correct, and all other rooms would feed from it, right? Or, would I put the router upstairs next to a PC or TV in one of the rooms I want internet in? If so, does the internet signal go to that router 1st and then back down to the distribution box to be sent to the other PCs and TVs? Do I need a Roku box on each TV and the one front projector in the theater room? Does anyone make a 802.11n gigabyte switch router for an Ethernet network? Do I need something like the Samsung HomeSync product? Or, do I need a Western Digital DVR or TV Live Hub or one of their routers? Thanks for the help.
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