LAN and Wi-Fi "devices" per floor?

  • Erstellt am 2023-02-11 15:16:20

Tom Ezio

2023-02-12 14:22:32
  • #1


My electrician (...) explained to me that I need this switch in the basement between the patch panel and the router. I didn’t know or know more than that. Is that then "wrong" or "impractical" etc.? I didn’t really want to have more than one access point in the individual rooms.
 

Tom Ezio

2023-02-12 14:51:45
  • #2


There was no measurement protocol. The electrician is not exactly proactive, and I lacked (and still lack) the knowledge.
The router will be placed in the basement in the technical room. Good Wi-Fi is not needed there.
The electrician routed the LAN cables into the patch panel and said that as soon as there are 5 LAN cables, I need a switch which, on the one hand, must be connected line by line to the patch panel, i.e. 7 in my case, and on the other hand, the switch must be connected to the router. All in the basement. Is this now correct and sensible? And if yes: is there a recommendation for this switch (brand, model)?
I thought that in the individual rooms we are "basically supplied" with 1 LAN to have a good "basic signal" in the room via LAN cable, thereby achieving sufficiently good Wi-Fi in the room, or even beyond that, and if needed, getting full performance at the end device (laptop) by cable from the wall. And yes, maybe one access point per floor is enough, which I would try, but before trying I wanted to ask which device(s) I could best / first try this with.
 

karl.jonas

2023-02-12 15:27:54
  • #3
What you write is completely correct. The setup is [Router in the basement] --(one cable)-- [Switch in the basement]--(many cables)--[Patch panel in the basement]--(many cables)--[room connection]. "Actually," you could also omit the patch panel; it doesn't do anything. But it allows you to firmly screw in the cables from the rooms and then connect the respective patch panel port to the switch. The switch, in turn, brings the data from the many rooms onto the single cable to the router. Even a simple TP-Link TL-WR940N WiFi router for 20€ does everything you want in the room. The data rate is also completely sufficient. The only reason for "faster" WiFi is possibly simultaneous transmission over multiple WiFi devices (six kids streaming Netflix on their phones). Then it's good to spend a little more, e.g., Linksys EA7500v3 for 50€. All these inexpensive access points / WiFi routers operate with their own power supply, meaning you need a power outlet and the cable lies around. In contrast, PoE supplies power via the LAN cable, so you can save the power outlet. The devices are a bit more expensive, e.g., NETGEAR WAX214 for 100€, and usually DO NOT have an additional LAN port, meaning LAN (from your router/switch/patch panel) goes in, but there is no port for a PC or TV. So suggestion: where multiple devices really need to be connected via cable (e.g., living room), place a router WITHOUT PoE, then you have multiple ports and plenty of power. In the other rooms, place a WiFi access point WITH PoE, so the ugly cable to the power outlet is eliminated.
 

rick2018

2023-02-12 15:45:05
  • #4
Router in the basement. Switch in the living room and office (no router).
 

karl.jonas

2023-02-12 15:55:39
  • #5
The discussion can now be carried on endlessly. The devices that probably make sense here are usually sold as "Wi-Fi routers"...
 

rick2018

2023-02-12 16:03:46
  • #6
He has the access in the basement and also planned it that way. And no, a "WLAN-Router" is something different. He only needs one router in the network.
 

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