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I need more ports than my router has
I have a NETGEAR Smart WiFi Router with Dual Band Gigabit for Amazon Echo/Alexa - AC1750 (R6400-100NAS). I am building a new home and I would like to add more ports for future use. Which switch...
Thats correct.
Most unmanaged switches should work fine. Just make sure to go with a gigabit device (10/100/1000). I'm not going to recommend one because I've used a bunch of different unmanaged switches from different manufacturers and I have yet to have one fail. Most issues with unmanaged switches come from user errors or bad cables.
One thing I'd recommend if you're building a new house is that wherever you route the cables to, set up a patch panel. Its cheap/easy and just makes thing easier whenever you're changing your devices/network around.
Can you please explain your suggestion to use patch panels? I ahve no idea what they are or how they are used
A patch panel is just what you terminate the ends of your ethernet cables in a single location. Cleans things up nice and allows you to label them.
This video goes over pros/cons. He does use a rack mount but I've just wall mounted them at my place. Makes it look nice. you can usually get them for fairly cheap.
thank you very much !
Like my original post said I run out of ethernet ports on my router. I've decided easiest and best way is just to add a switch the one I've chose is the
NETGEAR 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Unmanaged Switch (GS308) - Desktop, Sturdy Metal Fanless Housing
My original thought would be that I could run an ethernet cable from my router to the switch then I would have the remaining ports on my router plus all the extra ports on the switch to plug all my wired ethernet cables into for whatever devices I need them for. But when I look at the picture of this Switch I only see eight ports on the front There are no inputs so I'm confused as where I would run the ethernet cable from my router into the switch so that it would power the rest of the ports on the switch?
One of the 8 ports is used for the input.