- Dec 4, 2017
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Hi so I am purchasing a new house in the next month or so and need some help. So each bedroom, living, kitchen has 2 ethernet cables/1 coax running to the garage. It does have a patch panel but they only put in a 6 port plate. I would rather just purchase a rack, patch panel, and switch and make them all active. I would rather do this now even if i don't use all the lines right away than have to come back and do in the future. My question is since all the lines are ran to the garage should I just put the modem, and router in the garage or have them split and put the router in the living room? I know enough about networking to do this stuff but hard to picture what is the best setup.
Setup I will have is AT&T fiber internet and AT&T new genie box for cable. Genie box does need to have ethernet line for it to work. This is a new home, so I was thinking have AT&T run the fiber line to the garage, then I hook up the modem at the rack with the patch panel and switch. I would connect one of the ethernet lines from the modem to the living room line and connect my wireless router. Then with the extra line in the living room, connect the ethernet to the LAN line and run it back to the switch. Then that would give connectivity to all my other rooms, and still have 3 open ports at my router for the Genie, PS4, and Receiver. What does everything think? I apologize for not having any pictures.
Setup I will have is AT&T fiber internet and AT&T new genie box for cable. Genie box does need to have ethernet line for it to work. This is a new home, so I was thinking have AT&T run the fiber line to the garage, then I hook up the modem at the rack with the patch panel and switch. I would connect one of the ethernet lines from the modem to the living room line and connect my wireless router. Then with the extra line in the living room, connect the ethernet to the LAN line and run it back to the switch. Then that would give connectivity to all my other rooms, and still have 3 open ports at my router for the Genie, PS4, and Receiver. What does everything think? I apologize for not having any pictures.
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