home office question

johnboy8

hope someone can help.my router is at the front of my house and i have a cat six cable ran to my office at the back of the house.i am now giving this up to my kids and am moving to an office at the end of my garden(everyone wins)i want to run a cat 6 cable down to my new office,can i run a cable from my old office and 'split' it.i did a little research and found a gigi bit switch which i think i run my main cat 6 into then run a cable to that computer and then a cat 6 to my new office.if thats all ok what do i plug the cable into in my new office? another router?...cheers.john.

listermint

johnboy8 wrote: »

hope someone can help.my router is at the front of my house and i had a cat six cable ran to my office at the back of the house.i am now giving this up to my kids and am moving to an office at the end of my garden(everyone wins)i want to run a cat 6 cable down to my new office,can i run a cable from my old office and 'split' it.i did a little research and found a gigi bit switch which i think i run my main cat 6 into then run a cable to that computer and then a cat 6 to my new office.if thats all ok what do i plug the cable into in my new office? another router?...cheers.john.

Hi John.

If the new office has power to it just run an ethernet power adapter. Plug one into house and the other in office and job done.

Alternatively remove your cat 6 and run a longer run direct to the office.

Alternatively get a decent router and put it in the old office and you'll have wireless out in the garden.

johnboy8

hi,sorry for late reply.....the new office has a separate supply(there before i came)so cant do that.second, i dont want to have to run a new cat 6 cable as its in a difficult place in the house.third,i would rather have a wired system for a better connection.

would my suggestion work and what would i put in the new office,an extra router?...cheers.

johnboy8

just doing a little more research,would an access point work.very confused.

tsue921i8wljb3

You might be able to use a gigabit switch but as the two locations are on separate consumer units (fuseboards) you would need to consult an electrician as there are safety issues in making such connections.

FrancieBrady

Can you not go direct from an ethernet port on back of router?

Johnboy1951

johnboy8 wrote: »

hi,sorry for late reply.....the new office has a separate supply(there before i came)so cant do that.second, i dont want to have to run a new cat 6 cable as its in a difficult place in the house.third,i would rather have a wired system for a better connection.

would my suggestion work and what would i put in the new office,an extra router?...cheers.

If this electricity supply is totally separate and not on the same meter then you need an isolated connection for the broadband from the house to the office.
That can be
wireless
fibre cable
opto couplersfor the ethernet cable
or anything else that can ensure electrical isolation of the two premises

niallb

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

wireless
fibre cable
opto couplersfor the ethernet cable
or anything else that can ensure electrical isolation of the two premises

You could put a POE (power over Ethernet) wireless access point out there powered from inside the house over the network cable too.

rolion

johnboy8 wrote: »

just doing a little more research,would an access point work.very confused.

Get two unifi access points and setup in "station - access point" mode with a good security and MAC lock.
You will need also some networking skills and switches for both networks, not necessarily for PoE.

That should deal with minimum cabling while keeping network speeds at your advantage.

johnboy8

thanks everyone,some good ideas there.