Home network...

[kramanat]

Here is the setup in my house. The Fiber Optic from the provider comes to a junction box in the house. From there, Cat5 cables are run around the house and there are various connection sockets for Cable/Broadband and telephone.

I have used one of the broadband sockets in the ground floor to a 5 port switch and connected the following: a PS3 and a WD TV Hub. In the first floor, there is a wireless router and through it a desktop computer.

I would like the WDTV Hub to be able to access the desktop hard disk and the Hard disk attached to the router via USB.

How do I go about setting up a home network where these devices talk to each other?

Thanks a ton...

 

[sdeleeuw]

Are the broadband sockets RJ45? Where do they connect to? Is it as easy as plugging one of the switch ports in to your broadband socket on that floor?

 

[kramanat]

Yes, they are RJ45 outlets. The switch port is connected to the socket in the ground floor using RJ45.

 

[sdeleeuw]

Just plug one of the lan ports of the wireless router in to the wall socket then and you should be golden...

 

[kramanat]

Sorry, did not understand that - the router is connected to the network throuhg a socket. Are you asking me to plug in an output from the router into another socket?

If that's what is the recommendation - problem is that in each location, there is only 1 outlet. With that being used for input to the router, how do I get an output from the router to a socket?

 

[sdeleeuw]

OK, so maybe I misunderstood... Sounds like your RJ45 sockets are all connected to the internet via cable or DSL or something? I gathered by reading that the upstairs socket was connected to the basement?

So right now all of your devices downstairs are picking up an internet IP just to clarify?

 

[kramanat]

The bottom floor sockets are not connected directly to the top floor. They are all connected to a junction box in the house where the external incoming line ends.

As such, there are 9/10 sockets for internet around the house and right now, 2 have been activated. The one in the top floor has the router plugged in. The one in the bottom floor has a switch plugged in to which the PS3, WD TV and Cable box are connected.