|Montana Bengal| Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 So this actually comes from Go's post about his home network. I'm not looking at doing as much as he is, but I'd like to wire some of the things that are currently wireless (atv2, bluray, roku, print server, etc). What I'm wondering is this. I'm assuming the connection will look like looks like DSL Modem -> wireless router -> Switch -> wired devices. I could actually skip the switch, but I'm curious how this would work (thinking down the road if there are more wired devices). How do IP addresses work in this model since the switch doesn't assign ip addresses. Do I just specify on the device what the ip would be and then the traffic just passes through the switch to the router? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 i plan on having the modem > switch > wireless router Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 since the wireless router is a switch/hub in itself, it would have "EVERYTHING" going through essentially 2 switches in your setup, which may not matter, but with mine nothing goes through two switches really, since none of the ports would be being used on the wireless router.. just the wireless part.. so just the wireless would be.. i dont know if it matters at all.. but that was my thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 As i hijack youre thread here, here are pics of the two I just finished adding. [attachment=1105:2013-02-20 18.12.19.jpg] [attachment=1106:2013-02-20 18.01.06.jpg] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Montana Bengal| Posted February 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Those look really nice. I think I'm going to scale ours back a bit. At least what I was going to originally do. Still running cable this weekend though. I'm going to wait on the swtich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 thanks, i have made quite a mess around the house cutting through everything... its also a REALLY tight fit inside that box... itll be friday before i get to the switch though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Montana Bengal| Posted February 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 I was hoping to score a 'free' switch, but it didn't pan out....yet. So right now I'm just going to use the wireless router. We were given a 32" tv and so I'm going to put that and the Roku in our bedroom. I'm doing a little extra by adding an outlet so my cable are taking a valuable outlet in our kitchen (our stuff is tucked away above a cabinet). Roku, BluRay, Printserver, and ATV2 will all be wired. I did have to pick up fishtape today to get past some insulation. On a side note - wish I knew you were selling that iphone on CL - As soon as Ting opens it up, I am all over an iphone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 nice, dont worry my wife will be probably getting an iphone 5 or 5S at some point, so ill have hers for sale... also, that reminded me i need to make sure my wife sent that roku to you.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Montana Bengal| Posted February 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 I'll start tucking away some cash! I'm anxious to get started on the networking, but I know I have to wait until I have daylight....well, that is more for the outlet, but I figure I'll do it all at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vol_Bengal Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 So this actually comes from Go's post about his home network. I'm not looking at doing as much as he is, but I'd like to wire some of the things that are currently wireless (atv2, bluray, roku, print server, etc). What I'm wondering is this. I'm assuming the connection will look like looks like DSL Modem -> wireless router -> Switch -> wired devices. I could actually skip the switch, but I'm curious how this would work (thinking down the road if there are more wired devices). How do IP addresses work in this model since the switch doesn't assign ip addresses. Do I just specify on the device what the ip would be and then the traffic just passes through the switch to the router? With the Layer 2 home switches that you'll get you're correct - it won't hand out DHCP addresses. If you got a Layer 3 switch you could do DHCP that way but they're more commercial and costly (last Cisco I priced was about $3000). But, to answer your question - just statically assign your IP's. Decide what scheme you want to use... 10.10.x.x, 192.168.x.x, 172.16.x.x, etc. and then lay it out. Put wireless router at.1, switch at .2, give you're self expansion to maybe 20 (never know when you'll add core backbone devices!!!) then start assigning your devices .20, .21, etc. they'll all talk to each other across the switch and only hit the router if they can't resolve an IP address locally and try to pass it upstream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Montana Bengal| Posted February 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 With the Layer 2 home switches that you'll get you're correct - it won't hand out DHCP addresses. If you got a Layer 3 switch you could do DHCP that way but they're more commercial and costly (last Cisco I priced was about $3000). But, to answer your question - just statically assign your IP's. Decide what scheme you want to use... 10.10.x.x, 192.168.x.x, 172.16.x.x, etc. and then lay it out. Put wireless router at.1, switch at .2, give you're self expansion to maybe 20 (never know when you'll add core backbone devices!!!) then start assigning your devices .20, .21, etc. they'll all talk to each other across the switch and only hit the router if they can't resolve an IP address locally and try to pass it upstream. This is awesome! Thank you very much - I was hoping it would work this way. (I won't be picking up a layer 3 switch!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 i plan on having the modem > switch > wireless router yea, this doesnt work, and after i read why, i felt like a retard... THEN when i went to switch the modem to airport to switch, i switched the wrong ends, so modem to to airport, but then i plugged the switch into itself(literally port 1 into port 2) i did like 8 hours of manual labor yesterday getting it all strung.. i was beat, then i did retarded things and had to run up and down from bedroom to basement like 3 times.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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