Elvis7
Occasional Visitor
Howdy, Ive recently moved into my new place and really wanted to buy the upcoming Rapture GT- Ax11000, but I ended up settling for the gt-ac5300 for a steal of 280$ cad on black Friday.
I have it placed in the center of the main floor. In preparation of finishing my basement, I've wired a cat8 cable from the ac53 through the central vac pipes (we don't have CV and dont need it) to the center of my basement, above the future wall where my tv/xbox one x etc will be. At the same time, I wired a cat6 cable from the same spot that span a a cross the half finished ceiling to a room with im currently wireing cctv dvr of 12 4k cameras that ill be able to access via mobile apps.
My plan was to connect the cat from router to an unmanaged switch, and connect all my devices to that switch. However, the connected speed will remain 1gbps, and having the cctv system on the same line as my Xbox may cause bandwidth influx.
My new plan :
A- wire a second cat8 that will connect directly to my Xbox one x, and the first cat8 will connect to the switch in the ceiling and connect all other devices.
Or
B-wire a second cat8 to the same point, use an lacp unmanaged switch and connect all devices from there, also enabling link aggregation on the ac53, I believe port 5/6.
Yes, I am aware that my network will slow down to cat6, regardless of my cat8, I simy wanted to future proof my wiring now, and at 30$cad for 20 feet of cat8 (black Friday deal) why not.
What do you think, which option is best and what lacp supporting unmanaged switches are best. I may Eventually buy another ac53, and replace the switch with it in the basement, just because.
Thank you.
I have it placed in the center of the main floor. In preparation of finishing my basement, I've wired a cat8 cable from the ac53 through the central vac pipes (we don't have CV and dont need it) to the center of my basement, above the future wall where my tv/xbox one x etc will be. At the same time, I wired a cat6 cable from the same spot that span a a cross the half finished ceiling to a room with im currently wireing cctv dvr of 12 4k cameras that ill be able to access via mobile apps.
My plan was to connect the cat from router to an unmanaged switch, and connect all my devices to that switch. However, the connected speed will remain 1gbps, and having the cctv system on the same line as my Xbox may cause bandwidth influx.
My new plan :
A- wire a second cat8 that will connect directly to my Xbox one x, and the first cat8 will connect to the switch in the ceiling and connect all other devices.
Or
B-wire a second cat8 to the same point, use an lacp unmanaged switch and connect all devices from there, also enabling link aggregation on the ac53, I believe port 5/6.
Yes, I am aware that my network will slow down to cat6, regardless of my cat8, I simy wanted to future proof my wiring now, and at 30$cad for 20 feet of cat8 (black Friday deal) why not.
What do you think, which option is best and what lacp supporting unmanaged switches are best. I may Eventually buy another ac53, and replace the switch with it in the basement, just because.
Thank you.
