Hi,
I'm new to this forum. I don't have much experience with networking and haven't had much time to read everything in this site, so bare with me.
I also didn't know where to put this thread, since I'm looking for an overall wireless and wired combination to serve all my devices with the best performance I can get around a $50-$200 budget.
I'm trying to setup a home network with a NAS, a few notebooks, and devices like phones, Blu-Ray player, and other DLNA ready devices. Here is my current home layout:
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/6409/homedevices.jpg
# The home is wired with CAT5 (sockets represented as green diamonds) and they all meet at the master bedroom closet (large green rectangle). The closet does not have a router, just cables.
# The blue circles are wireless capable devices. The Blu-Ray player in Room3 and the HTPC in the Living Room are near a CAT5 socket and may be wired. The other circles can be notebooks, cellphones, and other portable devices that would be more convenient to have wireless.
# The blue boxes in Room1 are devices I really want wired. These devices are bandwidth critical.
# The yellow cylinder is the NAS. It's a Synology ds211j. I can also move it to the Study to function as a print server. This device is also bandwidth critical.
# The red box in the study is a printer that only has a USB connector. I'd like to hook it up to a router or the NAS to serve as a print server.
# Internet is 20Mbps down, 3Mbps up. The modem is currently located in Room1 to serve the bandwidth critical devices, but I was planning to move it to the master bedroom closet and wire it to a router that connects all the CAT5 wires to the internet.
I currently just have a D-Link DGL-4300 (Wireless G router with no print server functionality) with the WAN connected to the modem and the LAN connected to the other devices in Room1. All other wireless devices in the house connect to this device. I seem to be having throughput issues with all my devices, and I would like to upgrade to a wireless N setup as well. I read I should have G and N routers separate. So, I was thinking the following:
1) I connect a very good WAN/LAN router at the master bedroom closet
2) I connect a Wireless N router in the study + the NAS + the printer
3) I connect my D-Link DGL-4300 (Wireless G) in Room1
So, basically my plan was:
Modem -> WAN/LAN router -> Wireless N router -> NAS & printer & N devices.
Modem -> WAN/LAN router -> Wireless G router -> Ethernet & G devices.
Modem -> WAN/LAN router -> Ethernet (directly from the wall).
So, this would mean I may need to buy a Wireless N and a WAN/LAN router. I've been reading some guides, but I'm still not confident about my purchase decisions. Any suggestions on what to buy?
I'm also worried about performance. Would this be the optimal setup for my case, or is there a better method?
If anything is confusing, let me know. Maybe I can make more pictorial illustrations.
Thanks,
Klieart
I'm new to this forum. I don't have much experience with networking and haven't had much time to read everything in this site, so bare with me.
I also didn't know where to put this thread, since I'm looking for an overall wireless and wired combination to serve all my devices with the best performance I can get around a $50-$200 budget.
I'm trying to setup a home network with a NAS, a few notebooks, and devices like phones, Blu-Ray player, and other DLNA ready devices. Here is my current home layout:
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/6409/homedevices.jpg
# The home is wired with CAT5 (sockets represented as green diamonds) and they all meet at the master bedroom closet (large green rectangle). The closet does not have a router, just cables.
# The blue circles are wireless capable devices. The Blu-Ray player in Room3 and the HTPC in the Living Room are near a CAT5 socket and may be wired. The other circles can be notebooks, cellphones, and other portable devices that would be more convenient to have wireless.
# The blue boxes in Room1 are devices I really want wired. These devices are bandwidth critical.
# The yellow cylinder is the NAS. It's a Synology ds211j. I can also move it to the Study to function as a print server. This device is also bandwidth critical.
# The red box in the study is a printer that only has a USB connector. I'd like to hook it up to a router or the NAS to serve as a print server.
# Internet is 20Mbps down, 3Mbps up. The modem is currently located in Room1 to serve the bandwidth critical devices, but I was planning to move it to the master bedroom closet and wire it to a router that connects all the CAT5 wires to the internet.
I currently just have a D-Link DGL-4300 (Wireless G router with no print server functionality) with the WAN connected to the modem and the LAN connected to the other devices in Room1. All other wireless devices in the house connect to this device. I seem to be having throughput issues with all my devices, and I would like to upgrade to a wireless N setup as well. I read I should have G and N routers separate. So, I was thinking the following:
1) I connect a very good WAN/LAN router at the master bedroom closet
2) I connect a Wireless N router in the study + the NAS + the printer
3) I connect my D-Link DGL-4300 (Wireless G) in Room1
So, basically my plan was:
Modem -> WAN/LAN router -> Wireless N router -> NAS & printer & N devices.
Modem -> WAN/LAN router -> Wireless G router -> Ethernet & G devices.
Modem -> WAN/LAN router -> Ethernet (directly from the wall).
So, this would mean I may need to buy a Wireless N and a WAN/LAN router. I've been reading some guides, but I'm still not confident about my purchase decisions. Any suggestions on what to buy?
I'm also worried about performance. Would this be the optimal setup for my case, or is there a better method?
If anything is confusing, let me know. Maybe I can make more pictorial illustrations.
Thanks,
Klieart