[AccessD] OT - Home networking question

jwcolby jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Mon Apr 11 11:57:17 CDT 2011


3) Make sure your switches are gigabit!

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com

On 4/11/2011 12:17 PM, Michael Bahr wrote:
> What Stuart suggest is a much better design.  For the home, in most cases,
> you only need 1 router right after the modem.  Then everybody else
> connects to the router either through wireless or switches to extend the
> ethernet.
>
> 1. Replace the hub with a router.
> 2. Replace the 3 routers (behind the hub) with switches--not hubs.
>
> Mike
>
>> Are you sure that your terminology if correct?
>>
>> It would make more sense if you has one router attached to your cable
>> modem and
>> hubs/switches connected to that router from  the three locations.
>>
>> Can you give us the make/model numbers of  these devices?
>>
>> --
>> Stuart
>>
>>
>> On 10 Apr 2011 at 10:39, Doug Murphy wrote:
>>
>>> Folks,
>>>
>>> I know there are several members of this group who are knowledgeable
>>> about computer networking. We have a network in our home/offices that
>>> has evolved over time. The basic configuration is that out of our
>>> cable modem there is an Ethernet hub. 3 cables come out of this hub
>>> and go to routers, one in my office in one part of the house, one in
>>> my wife's office, and one to our wifi. These have been added as
>>> requirements came about so this probably isn't the best configuration.
>>> At the present we don't use the network to access machines in other
>>> parts of the system. I have several in my office that access each
>>> other, but they are on the same router.  I do want to stay with the
>>> wired systems to the offices.  We just added a home security system
>>> that can be monitored over the network. It is connected to my router
>>> as it is closest to the box. I can access the system by typing in it's
>>> IP address. Now I am trying to access it from other points in the
>>> network and the IP is not visible. As you can probably tell I am
>>> network challenged. I think what I need to do is find the IP address
>>> of the security system from outside my router. How can this be done?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Doug
>>>
>>>
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