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Pnkoszut
Aspirant
Nov 07, 2015
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Add more ports to router on network

I am purchasing a home that provides wired cat5 connections to each room, allowing 10-20 wired connections. I will be using a wireless router that allows only 5 wired devices, ie: tv's, video game sy...
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  • TheEther's avatar
    TheEther
    Nov 07, 2015

    You can purchase a Gigabit Ethernet switch and plug it into the router. If you need 20 ports, then you may need to step up to a business class switch. Netgear has a 24 port Gigabit switch: JGS24. It actually seems to be quite affordable.

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TheEther
Guru
Nov 07, 2015

You can purchase a Gigabit Ethernet switch and plug it into the router. If you need 20 ports, then you may need to step up to a business class switch. Netgear has a 24 port Gigabit switch: JGS24. It actually seems to be quite affordable.

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Pnkoszut
Aspirant
Nov 07, 2015

Would any particular type of unmanaged switch be more or less advantagous since I am connecting a variety of differrent types of devices such as Xbox's, computers, TV's and so forth?