Host LAN party?

[denestmor3]

Hello guys,

 

I am hosting a LAN party for me and my friends after long year of learning and stress.

 

My question was what would be the best way to provide them with the internet and give them a connection to my network.

 

Our set-up as follows:

 

We have our router which is connected to glass fiber cable with the internet provider,

 

than we have a regular Ethernet CAT5e cable running to switch 1 with has 6 + 1 output, the 6 cables go into a connector in our wall and the cables spread out into all the rooms in our house, the other cable goes into another switch, 2 cables are connected to that switch and also go into our wall and to the rooms,

 

In every room is an Apple airport with provide Wifi, except my room because I have a desktop without wifi.

 

So all the 10 laptops need to connect to the airport in the room next to mine. Because of that there internet becomes a bit slower than it can be, it is still fine but not as good as I want.

 

How can I improve the connection?

 

Is it possible to get one of the switches and put it in my room so they all have an LAN cable?

[melchiorvester]

I would get another switch and just have everyone hard wire to your internet wifi can be a big pain to set up and can have problems. 

[skullbringer]

network switch

[Ssoele]

Something like a this (http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-SG1016-1000Mbps-Rackmountable-Capacity/dp/B002HAJQGA/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1372178542&sr=1-1&keywords=sg1016) should do the job.

[rufee]

If you are just going to game, 10/100 switches will do just fine at the fraction of the cost for gigabit.

Go wired, its less hassle to set up, and you don't want 10 clients connecting to an AP.

[denestmor3]

Can I move one of mine existing switches upstairs to my room?

[rufee]

You can move switches around any way you like.

[gibbsy81]

Hello guys,

 

I am hosting a LAN party for me and my friends after long year of learning and stress.

 

My question was what would be the best way to provide them with the internet and give them a connection to my network.

 

Our set-up as follows:

 

We have our router which is connected to glass fiber cable with the internet provider,

 

than we have a regular Ethernet CAT5e cable running to switch 1 with has 6 + 1 output, the 6 cables go into a connector in our wall and the cables spread out into all the rooms in our house, the other cable goes into another switch, 2 cables are connected to that switch and also go into our wall and to the rooms,

 

In every room is an Apple airport with provide Wifi, except my room because I have a desktop without wifi.

 

So all the 10 laptops need to connect to the airport in the room next to mine. Because of that there internet becomes a bit slower than it can be, it is still fine but not as good as I want.

 

How can I improve the connection?

 

Is it possible to get one of the switches and put it in my room so they all have an LAN cable?

If you want get a gigabit switch hook it up to ur modem then get some gigabit cables.

[Ssoele]

If you want get a gigabit switch hook it up to ur modem then get some gigabit cables.

 

Gigabit cables? Gigabit can be send with CAT5 cables and above (CAT5E recommended). All cables from the last few years are CAT5E or higher.

[poweredby2dor]

For best expirience I recomend you should go wired. 10/100 Will do just great.

[gibbsy81]

Gigabit cables? Gigabit can be send with CAT5 cables and above (CAT5E recommended). All cables from the last few years are CAT5E or higher.

well in my expeerence cat 6 works best.

[ProGearUk]

If you are just going to game, 10/100 switches will do just fine at the fraction of the cost for gigabit.

Go wired, its less hassle to set up, and you don't want 10 clients connecting to an AP.

At work we have those velcroed to the wall so they are easy to remove for replacement and look tidy and they have about 30 or 40 clients attached to each but they are only for internet rather than Gaming.

[ProGearUk]

For best expirience I recomend you should go wired. 10/100 Will do just great.

I would not recommend this because he is obviously going to keep the switch so he may as well get Gigabit for longevity's sake.