Can I use an internet splitter on the router for two connection?

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XxStranger07xX

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So what i want to do is move my wireless routers to the living. Right now i have it in the garage, and the connection gets lost for the rest of my family inside the house. So i was thinking that if I use internet splitter and connect one directly to my computer and the other connection with a long internet cable to the wireless router inside the living. Will this internet splitter cut the internet speed in half or even lower the internet speed in any way?

I was thinking buying this http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-SF1005D-5-port-100Mbps-Desktop/dp/B000FNFSPY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420049037&sr=8-1&keywords=internet+splitter
with a 40ft internet cable.
 
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First - terminology. That is a 'switch', not a splitter.

Second - your overall bandwidth still flows through the same router to the same ISP. If only one device is talking to the outside world at this particular moment, it will get the full theoretical bandwidth you are paying for. If 2 devices happen to be talking to the router and the outside world, it will be split.

Third - there is little reason to get only a 10/100Mbps switch instead of a 10/100/1000 switch. Little price difference among consumer grade units.
 
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Hi

I think you are using the wrong terms for components
Especially internet splitter
You are thinking of buying a 10/100 Mbps switch
A 10/100/1000 switch does not cost much more

You have not said if you have a seperate modem and (router + wireless access point ) or all in one box

Telephone cable can be extended rj11 plug
The network switch uses Ethernet cable with rj45 plug

Regards
Mike Barnes
 
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I have one modem and wireless router in my garage but i want to connect the modem directly to my pc and the wireless router that im gonna place in the living for my family. So this switch will do the job for i want to accomplish???
 
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my modem only have one internet connection, so i was thinking to get this switch to expand it so i can also connect the wireless router and even my X1. But i didnt want to hurt my internet speed for my pc, since i play a lot of games online (WOW, Diablo and LOL)
 
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No.
The modem talks to one device only. Either a PC or a router. The router serves up multiple internal IP addresses to your devices.

The chain must be:
ISP -> modem -> router -> switch -> devices.

(This is assuming you are correctly labeling the modem and router as what they actually are)
 
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No, that will not work.
modem -> switch -> devices will not work.
Whichever device connects to the modem first, that is it. If the PC connects, the router and whatever is connected to it will not get a signal.

modem -> router -> switch -> devices will work.
 
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^ you're right mate - I thought I had mine setup like this & it seems not.
I think looking at it a cheap wireless router in the living room linked to the current router in the garage via the 40 foot cable would be a better solution.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B006KAP4OG/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1420054779&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SY200_QL40&dpPl=1&dpID=31KzShAvi5L&ref=plSrch
Used this exact router for that purpose in the past - just Ethernet out on the garage router to one of the Ethernet ports on this one.
Change mode to access point on the tenda & setup a seperate wireless network on it.
 
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