FreedomPirate01
Occasional Visitor
Here's my setup:
In one room i have most of the networking equipment. A road runner modem which goes to an airport extreme base station which goes to a new HP J9077A I just got. (Amazing 3x speeds from my qnap 219P to Mac Book Pro over my old dlink switch)
0) To test this i transferred a large folder from Qnap to macbook pro and timed how many MBs transferred in 1 min. Is there an app for osx that i could use instead for more accurate testing in the future?
Then from the HP J9077A i have a cable running to the office where i have 2 more Mac Book Pros hook up via my old dlink router (need to replace). Also a Ricoh Mp 161 is hooked up to the network.
Also from the HP J9077A i have cable running upstairs to the master bedroom to a Pioneer 5020. I'm looking to make this into a media center tv w/ internet use but i haven't had a chance to figure that out yet.
So i have a few questions...
1) Is it better to have the Qnap 219P hooked up directly to the airport extreme base station or the HP J9077A?
I currently have on order a ton of cat 6a patch cables from monoprice to replace all the random cat5 and 5e cables i'm currently using. However, all the inwall cable runs i have in my house currently are cat5e...
2) Should i upgrade some of the more important inwall runs to cat6?
Since i have to upgrade my old dlink router in the office I was thinking of possibily returning the HPJ9077A and buying two HP Switch 1810G - 8 Port. These are the latest and best 8 port switches that hp makes i believe , and should be available in a couple weeks. They are however, smart switches so and i don't' know much about networking so i'm not sure if this is a good idea, though i imagine i could always find someone on craigslist to help me worst case. One feature on the Switch 1810G that looks interesting is EEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol . However, i don't understand how my network would have to be setup to take advantage of this.
3)What kind of setup would i need to take advantage of Link Aggregation?
4) How is performance affected by running 1 cable to my office to a switch (assuming i upgrade my dlink) instead of running 2 or more cables directly to my HP J9077A?
5) Finally, currently i'm using voip phones from timer warner which is hooked up in the basement directly to the coax and the existing POTS phone system, however in the future i might be looking to change to a voip system where the phone themselves would hook directly into my switches. How would such a change affect how I should setup my network? Also how it would affect network performance compared to my currently time warner phone setup?
In one room i have most of the networking equipment. A road runner modem which goes to an airport extreme base station which goes to a new HP J9077A I just got. (Amazing 3x speeds from my qnap 219P to Mac Book Pro over my old dlink switch)
0) To test this i transferred a large folder from Qnap to macbook pro and timed how many MBs transferred in 1 min. Is there an app for osx that i could use instead for more accurate testing in the future?
Then from the HP J9077A i have a cable running to the office where i have 2 more Mac Book Pros hook up via my old dlink router (need to replace). Also a Ricoh Mp 161 is hooked up to the network.
Also from the HP J9077A i have cable running upstairs to the master bedroom to a Pioneer 5020. I'm looking to make this into a media center tv w/ internet use but i haven't had a chance to figure that out yet.
So i have a few questions...
1) Is it better to have the Qnap 219P hooked up directly to the airport extreme base station or the HP J9077A?
I currently have on order a ton of cat 6a patch cables from monoprice to replace all the random cat5 and 5e cables i'm currently using. However, all the inwall cable runs i have in my house currently are cat5e...
2) Should i upgrade some of the more important inwall runs to cat6?
Since i have to upgrade my old dlink router in the office I was thinking of possibily returning the HPJ9077A and buying two HP Switch 1810G - 8 Port. These are the latest and best 8 port switches that hp makes i believe , and should be available in a couple weeks. They are however, smart switches so and i don't' know much about networking so i'm not sure if this is a good idea, though i imagine i could always find someone on craigslist to help me worst case. One feature on the Switch 1810G that looks interesting is EEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol . However, i don't understand how my network would have to be setup to take advantage of this.
3)What kind of setup would i need to take advantage of Link Aggregation?
4) How is performance affected by running 1 cable to my office to a switch (assuming i upgrade my dlink) instead of running 2 or more cables directly to my HP J9077A?
5) Finally, currently i'm using voip phones from timer warner which is hooked up in the basement directly to the coax and the existing POTS phone system, however in the future i might be looking to change to a voip system where the phone themselves would hook directly into my switches. How would such a change affect how I should setup my network? Also how it would affect network performance compared to my currently time warner phone setup?