- Jun 28, 2016
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So I recently moved to a new place, and wanted to get into networking a little bit more than I usually would. The basic set up I have is a modem (this modem doesn't broadcast wireless signal) etherneted to a router (which broadcasts wireless signal and is the home's primary source of Wi-Fi, and covers the property just fine) the residents living at the home connect to the WPA-2 secured Wi-Fi with say their phones or laptops, and both me and my roomate's desktop computer's are connected to the router via ethernet. Other devices I have connected to the Wi-Fi are the Wii-U and Chromecast. There are no servers or anything like that, everything is pretty basic in setup. However, I want to optimize things a bit. If we ever have guests over, I want them to be able to connect their phones or devices to the network without having to give them a password, while still maintaining some degree of integral security. Would having an open access point connected via powerline (speed isn't super important for this theoretical access point) be a viable solution (and recommended access point models)? If not, what would? That's my primary question, but another question I have is what's exactly the use of Switches? I understand their concept for the most part, but would just want some examples of uses. On the similar note, would implementing switches in my set up be beneficial at all? If so where and how? Thanks for any help, and sorry if terms are jumbled or anything, I'm rather new to the networking world.
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