Connect Ethernet Switch to a Modem

TChalla on 31/07/2020 - 13:00
Last edited 31/07/2020 - 14:30

Hi All,

Hope you are well.

I have my modem located in my theatre room which works well at the moment as I have an Ethernet run 2m to my Xbox One (works fine on wifi in this distance too).
I am wanting to move my Xbox One to the study where I have my gaming monitor. When using WIFI for FPS games in the study I get a fair bit of Jitter so have bought a 20m cable which has resolved that issue.

What I am looking to do is run the 20m cable from my modem in the theatre to the study and then connect that Ethernet to a cheap Ethernet switch. I thought this would be a good idea as I could connect my computer, laptop & Xbox with 3 Ethernet cables from the switch.
I tried googling this but I haven't come across anything that says if this is possible. There are a lot of networks switches / Ethernet switches on Officeworks website but they seem to connect only the computers plugged into the switch and don't seem to have an input from a modem?

Is this possible and any idea what the best Ethernet switch would be ?

Thank you.

Internet

Comments

  • psyren89 on 31/07/2020 - 13:15
    +2

    Yes, it's fine.

    My home setup is:
    - NTD connected to router
    - Router connected to switch and wifi AP
    - Switch connected to PC and TV

    Any ethernet switch should be fine, but if you stream between devices in your house or have media servers going, you'll want a gigabit switch. I have a Netgear GS108 switch and a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite.

  • 20percentcorrect on 31/07/2020 - 13:19

    GS105 and you should be fine with your set up.

  • AustriaBargain on 31/07/2020 - 13:34

    Anything that calls itself a switch these days is a real switch, just plug it in and it just works. In the old days there were such things as ethernet "hubs", which weren't switches and didn't quite do what you wanted. But that was the old days. It's 2020 and it probably costs 10 cents each to make the chips in these true gigabit switches.

  • Twix on 31/07/2020 - 13:50
    +1

    Hook up the switch to your modem with 20m ethernet. A switch doesn't replace the modem.

  • wiipantz on 31/07/2020 - 14:15
    +1

    Yes that's the function of a switch.

    Also I like this for a starting point on consumer level hardware.

    https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/

  • Shwayne on 31/07/2020 - 14:27
    +2

    Switches are just junctions, you can chain them however you like, just run a cable from the LAN port on your router to any port on the switch, the other ports on the switch will then act as if they were on the router itself.

    If you have a spare router you can use it as a switch too, just disable DHCP on the routers interface then use the 4 LAN ports, do not use the WAN port.

    (Note that you can use the "spare router" as a WiFi repeater as well by providing exactly the same configuration as your main router.)

  • TChalla on 31/07/2020 - 14:29
    +1

    Thanks guys, very helpful, will get one. :)

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