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Brannigans Law · 07-11-2013, 02:47 PM

I'm needing to purchase a switch for a home network in the house I'm building and one part of it that's got me a little confused is the switch. The area I'm building in has free Telus for a year and I'll be on their fibre. So my house will be kinda like this:

Basement
Fibre > Telus modem > Switch >

Then in the upper floors each room will have cat5e cables hard wired that will go to the switch... including my wireless router which I'll put somewhere on the main floor. Nothing fancy or extravagent.

So what do I need to know when buying a switch? There's huge price differences but I just want something plug and play, reliable, and with at least 12 ports. Probably more when I develop the basement.

07-11-2013, 02:47 PM	#1
Brannigans Law First Line Centre Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Calgary AB Exp:	What do I need to know about switches? I'm needing to purchase a switch for a home network in the house I'm building and one part of it that's got me a little confused is the switch. The area I'm building in has free Telus for a year and I'll be on their fibre. So my house will be kinda like this: Basement Fibre > Telus modem > Switch > Then in the upper floors each room will have cat5e cables hard wired that will go to the switch... including my wireless router which I'll put somewhere on the main floor. Nothing fancy or extravagent. So what do I need to know when buying a switch? There's huge price differences but I just want something plug and play, reliable, and with at least 12 ports. Probably more when I develop the basement.