Home Network Setup Help

[Shane1985]

Ok guys only new to all this networking stuff so I need some help and advice.

 

I've added a pic of what I would like to finally achieve one day but trying to figure out how to wire it all up

 

question: how do I wire the switches?

 

I gather from the modem I plug into a port on the first switch but what about the second switch ? do I daisy chain the switches together using 1 port on each switch linking them or

do I run a separate cable from port 2 of modem to switch 2 etc. (what if I had 5 switches )

 

 

 

 

 

[Denned]

Daisy chain would work. In enterprice setups you'd normally have a destribution switch. Which would in your case mean, a switch connected to your router/modem, and all the other switches would connect to that one switch. But if it's unmanaged consumer hardware, it really doesn't matter.

 

DONT do anything with connecting the same device with multiple cables. On consumer hardware you will create loops.

[Electronics Wizardy]

modem to switch is a bad idea, you almost always need a router.

 

How much bandwith are you thinking. If you don't need much daisy chain them all.

 

If you want much bandwidth, use the 10gbe backbone ports on the switches.

[Shane1985]

so I currently have NBN modem router all in one etc

am I best to run from

port 1 to first switch

port 2 to second

etc..