No problem at all, just house your patch panel and switch at some convenient point in the building, then patch all your PC's, Squeezeboxes, and any other network connected peripherals into the points around the house. Patch these points to the switch next to the patch panel and hey presto, you have a network.
For the ADSL router/switch, just locate this at some convenient point where there is a phone socket (for the ADSL) and a network socket (to go to the patch panel). Use any of the available network ports on the ADSL router and then patch the associated point on the patch panel to any available port on your network switch. If neither your ADSL router or network switch have autosensing/crossover ports then you will need to use a crossover cable at some point - otherwise use 'normal' network cables. I have exactly this setup here - except that my ADSL router is in the wiring cabinet along with the network switch and patch panel - all in the loft (which is a right pain when I need to power cycle the router!) Hope this helps. Richard -----Original Message----- From: gingerneil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 October 2005 08:20 To: [email protected] Subject: [slim] OT - General networking Question Hi all, Lots and lots of knowledge here, so I'm hoping someone can help with a question. I currently have a Netgear DG834G ADSL wireless hub (or maybe its a switch, I'm not sure!). When we move house, I'm planning on installing cat5 and a patch panel. Due to layout, I wont be able to have the netgear close to the patch panel - so I'll need another switch next to the patch panel. How, therefore, do I wire the netgear and a new switch (ie www.ebuyer.co.uk Quickfind code: 63776) into the network so that I can use the netgear to access the internet from the PCs/SBs ?? I'm thinking: PC ---- switch(via patch panel) then switch ----- netgear. Do I then just set the gateway/dns etc of the PCs to the LAN side address of the netgear like I do now, or does the inclusion of the switch complicate things ?? Also, can I use any port on the switch to connect up to the netgear on any of its ports ?? Any help much appreciated..... -- gingerneil _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
