UPC LAN setup?

jimmy1000

Bonjour folks, welcome to my first post!


My house is wired in CAT5 cable with points in various rooms all wired back to one location. I am getting UPC tv, internet and phone connection installed at the weekend and would like to know what I need to do/buy to make the internet connection available on the wired network?

Spear

jimmy1000 wrote: »

Bonjour folks, welcome to my first post!


My house is wired in CAT5 cable with points in various rooms all wired back to one location. I am getting UPC tv, internet and phone connection installed at the weekend and would like to know what I need to do/buy to make the internet connection available on the wired network?

If they give you a cable modem with only one ethernet port, you'll need to put a router into that port, and the rest of your connections into the router. Look for routers described as just being broadband routers, without an integrated ADSL modem.

jor el

When you say it's all wired back to one point, is this a switch? If you've got all the cable connected directly together, then I don't think you'll be able to do a whole lot with it. Each Ethernet socket should be wired to a switch.

If there is a switch in place, then all you should need is to connect the UPC modem to one of the sockets, and then connect you PC to any of the others.

UPC allow you to connect 2 devices, as they assign you up to 2 IP addresses. If you're going to connect any more than this, then a router would be recommended. Even if you're not, a router is recommended anyway, as it will give a level of protection (firewall, NAT) that you won't have if connecting directly to the modem.

jimmy1000

jor el wrote: »

When you say it's all wired back to one point, is this a switch? If you've got all the cable connected directly together, then I don't think you'll be able to do a whole lot with it. Each Ethernet socket should be wired to a switch.

If there is a switch in place, then all you should need is to connect the UPC modem to one of the sockets, and then connect you PC to any of the others.

UPC allow you to connect 2 devices, as they assign you up to 2 IP addresses. If you're going to connect any more than this, then a router would be recommended. Even if you're not, a router is recommended anyway, as it will give a level of protection (firewall, NAT) that you won't have if connecting directly to the modem.

Well when I say point I actually mean location, the cables are currently hanging out the wall and don’t even have connectors on them – another project I’ll shortly be attempting myself!

Looks like I'll be purchasing a router then, would something like this be suitable?

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=346664

Spear

jimmy1000 wrote: »

Well when I say point I actually mean location, the cables are currently hanging out the wall and don’t even have connectors on them – another project I’ll shortly be attempting myself!

Looks like I'll be purchasing a router then, would something like this be suitable?

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=346664

Cheap and cheerfull I guess, but should work fine. You might want to also consider a router with Wifi now, rather than pay more to upgrade later.

jimmy1000

Spear wrote: »

Cheap and cheerfull I guess, but should work fine. You might want to also consider a router with Wifi now, rather than pay more to upgrade later.

Something like this?

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=434517

Or have you any recommendations?

Spear

jimmy1000 wrote: »

Something like this?

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=434517

Or have you any recommendations?

I'd still suggest the ever popular WRT54G.

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=314078

Do a quick google to get an idea of their reputation and spread.

jor el

That, or this perhaps. The only downside of these wireless routers, is they usually only have a 4-port switch, meaning you can only connect 4 of your Ethernet cables to it. To add more, you'll need a separate switch, like this, or one with even more ports if you have more cables to connect.

jimmy1000

Cheers guys, looks like it's the WRT54G for me.