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    Adding a wired switch to a wireless router

    Good to know. You've been very helpful and I appreciate your taking the time to address my questions. May I ask how you use a switch? Also, is there some place you could recommend on the net that would help me get up to speed in understanding networks? I know I could Google and find lots...
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    CAT6 cable advice needed

    I don't see $2 as an investment at all. But I reckon if I will see no benefit in transfer speeds, then it doesn't make any sense to buy the more costly cable and so I see your point. However, transferring HDMI over Ethernet, such as streaming Netflix to a BDP, would justify the use of a Cat 6...
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    Adding a wired switch to a wireless router

    Thanks Thiggins. Very helpful. What do you think about the Trendnet TEG-S80G 8-port Gigabit switch? Should I have gone with a more popular switch such as the NETGEAR GS108 ? (just hate how the RJ45 jacks are on the front of the Netgear switch).
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    Adding a wired switch to a wireless router

    Well we have Comcast cable. Speedtest.net reports 14671 Kb/s. But I see your point. Much less clutter and less cabling to just run one cable off the router down to a switch in the basement. But would I be able to control and configure network settings from one of the PCs connected to the switch...
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    CAT6 cable advice needed

    I'm not sure I'm following you here. I'm not planning on making my own, if that's what you were referring to. Plan to buy new cables from Monoprice. The difference in price between a 50ft 350MHz UTP Cat5e cable and a 50ft 500MHz UTP CAT 6 cable is less than $2.00. So with cost not being an...
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    CAT6 cable advice needed

    What about for longer distances from 25ft to 50ft, would it be better to use Cat6a with those longer distance applications?
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    Adding a wired switch to a wireless router

    So you're saying that it wouldn't bottleneck anything to have a single PC connected to a router located upstairs and then run a 50ft cable from the router to a switch located down in the basement? And any computers connected to the switch in the basement would get the same Internet speed as the...
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    Adding a wired switch to a wireless router

    I'm in the same boat as OP. I'm a new member and also want to hook up a switch to my wireless router. I just ordered the TEG-S80G 8-port Gigabit switch. It's a rather new product from Trendnet and has no reviews on the Egg (yet). I'm hoping I didn't make a mistake in getting this one. Was...
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