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Nighthawk Connection Options
I am considering purchasing a Nighthawk R7900P. My Spectrum 1G cable modem is upstairs in a small loft and I have a 16 port Netgear Gigabit switch beside the cable modem with ethernet feeds to most...
NSSB wrote:
Almost all of our internet connections are initiated from the first floor of the house. What I would like to do is connect the cable modem to the Gigabit switch and then locate the R7900P on the first floor and connnect to one of the ethernet feeds on the first floor.
A more normal, arrangement, and one that I use, is to go:
> modem > router > switch
In that way the router gets to manage the traffic through the ports on the switch.
NSSB wrote:
Almost all of our internet connections are initiated from the first floor of the house. What I would like to do is connect the cable modem to the Gigabit switch and then locate the R7900P on the first floor and connnect to one of the ethernet feeds on the first floor.
A more normal, arrangement, and one that I use, is to go:
> modem > router > switch
In that way the router gets to manage the traffic through the ports on the switch.
Thank you for the reply. I figured that was the best option. I wanted to place the Nighthawk router downstairs. Right now the cable for my Spectrum modem is running to the loft on my second floor.
The only way I am going to be able to do this is if I re-route the cable for the cable modem downstairs as well and move both the cable modem and the router downstairs.
Sounds like you have Ethernet cables running around the place. So you shouldn't have too much trouble plugging things in to get the best result, even though it may mean crawling around in the loft.
One important factor might be that it helps to get the wifi source in the middle of the property.
You seem to have that in mind with getting the R7900P on the first floor.
The R7900P should fill a reasonable space.
Hope it works out.
> Sounds like you have Ethernet cables running around the place. So you
> shouldn't have too much trouble plugging things in to get the best
> result, [...]Except for the minor problem of having the modem and the network
switch in one place, "the loft", and the router in another place, "the
first floor", which would necessitate running two cables between the
stuff in the loft and the router on the first floor.So, sure. Not "too much trouble" at all. (For anyone who doesn't
have to run the additional cable.)
> A more normal, arrangement, [...]
> [...] the router gets to manage the traffic [...]
It's not a question of "more normal" or "manage the traffic"; it's a
question of works or not.> You need to connect the (really-a-)modem to the router WAN/Internet
> port, and the network switch to a router LAN port. [...]Still true.