Extending a wired network across my house

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I'm trying to ensure that all devices in my apartment are able to be wired to my network to reduce latency, and the need to really run the wireless portion.

Currently, the router sits on one side of my place where a desktop computer and an Xbox 360 are wired to it in the living room. On the other side, there's another desktop, an Xbox One, and a laptop that is seldom used. The second desktop is wired to the router through a power-line adapter, however the other devices are using wireless.

My goal is to somehow allow all devices on this side to connect to the powerline connection. I'm unsure of what my best course of action would be in this situation. I'm unable to run another powerline adapter as the sockets aren't available, and I would ideally like to all devices to be able to connect at the same time while retaining the ability to assign static ip's to the devices, instead of having to switch the cable.
I'd greatly appreciate any recommendations.
Thanks.
 
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What you could do (if I'm reading what you want to do correctly) is get a wired 4/5/8 port switch. Mount the switch somewhere (or put it on the desk or whatever). One port for the switch goes to the ethernet port on the powerline adapter by the desktop/laptop/xbox. Computers or devices (xbox/laptop/computer/network printer) plug into the ports on the switch.

Netgear makes a nice 5 port gigabit switch for about $40.00. Metal case, mounts on wall, works great.
 
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I'm not sure if I read this somewhere, or if it's just self-interpretation of the term "switch", but don't they only provide a connection to one of the devices at a time? Hope I'm wrong on that one, and if so, would i still be able to manage ports and ip's of the switched devices from the router?

 
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Before you spend any money check your latency through the power line adapter. I have seen these work where you can connect to the internet.... but barely... Wireless has a pretty sharp curve on it as far as speed and latency goes. If you are having latency problems through your wireless network to the internet chances are you are right on the edge of the access point's range. Ping an external IP address or domain through your LAN, wireless network and powerline adapter from the same device. If you see no latency difference between the three then chances are adding more equipment won't help any. However if the wireless is spotty and the power line adapter works the same as on the router side a switch will work fine. If both the powerline and wireless tests are any different than wired to your router, pick your poison.... If you have the funds and ability to run an Ethernet cable through your walls and attic, that's your real answer. You will still need a switch on the other end though.
 
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Network switch allows multiple simultaneous connections for multiple devices. You could also probably use a hub, but for the nominal extra cost of a switch a switch is better. Difference between a switch and a hub is for the most part, a hub just acts as a dumb repeater - it sends packets to all ports on a hub regardless of where the intended IP address is located. A switch is an intelligent hub in that it knows which port a particular IP address is attached and sends the packets ONLY where it needs to go. Hence the name 'switch'.

 
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