I am planning to have my home ethernet wired and as i understand it the link goes from
cable modem --> router ---> switch ---> various ethernet connections ( drops) across the house.
My plan was to have the modem, router, and switch all in one central closet.
Currently, the modem and router are located in "home office room".
The installer who will do the drops is coming tomorrow morning to give an estimate for doing the drops.
However, i just realized that my ooma scout is located in my office and comes between the cable modem and the router. There is no way I want to have the scout located in a closet since it is connected to the telephones.
As i see it there are two ways, i can handle this
a) Despite Ooma's advice, place the hub behind the router and just connect it to one of the drops (maybe have two drops in my office or use a second switch in my room so that I have connection both for my computer and the hub). I know that the reviewer on this website for Ooma did something like that and found Ooma to work just as well.
b) Continue to keep the cable modem, ooma hub, and router in my office but use the drop in my office to connect to the switch. i.e. the drop in my room is being used in a reverse mode as it were. And, of course, from the "central" switch in the closet, the internet connection is transmitted to the other locations in the home.
(In this case the computer in my office simply uses one of the lan ports in the router).
Is the second option feasible?
Many Thanks.
cable modem --> router ---> switch ---> various ethernet connections ( drops) across the house.
My plan was to have the modem, router, and switch all in one central closet.
Currently, the modem and router are located in "home office room".
The installer who will do the drops is coming tomorrow morning to give an estimate for doing the drops.
However, i just realized that my ooma scout is located in my office and comes between the cable modem and the router. There is no way I want to have the scout located in a closet since it is connected to the telephones.
As i see it there are two ways, i can handle this
a) Despite Ooma's advice, place the hub behind the router and just connect it to one of the drops (maybe have two drops in my office or use a second switch in my room so that I have connection both for my computer and the hub). I know that the reviewer on this website for Ooma did something like that and found Ooma to work just as well.
b) Continue to keep the cable modem, ooma hub, and router in my office but use the drop in my office to connect to the switch. i.e. the drop in my room is being used in a reverse mode as it were. And, of course, from the "central" switch in the closet, the internet connection is transmitted to the other locations in the home.
(In this case the computer in my office simply uses one of the lan ports in the router).
Is the second option feasible?
Many Thanks.
