home office question

johnboy8

hi,i am ready to move my home office.my original is at the back of the house and i am giving this over to the kids and moving to a converted shed at yhe end of my garden.

here is my question,i have a cat 6 cable running to the back room office,i dont want to have to run a new cat 6 from the router in the porch because it would have to go through a few rooms and we only decorated recently.is it ok to use some kind of splitter/switch(someone before mentioned a gigabit switch to split the cat 6 cable and send one to the computer(for the kids in the house)and one down to the shed for me.

second question,when the cat 6 gets to the shed can i plug it into a tp link 3000mbps wireless n access point that i have lying around?.......can this be set to wireless and can i also hard wire a computer to this as well.

sorry for all the basic questions but i dont know much about the subject.

just a note to say i dont need super duper speeds down in the shed just a basic connection to use the internet and watch the odd netflix movie.thanks.

johnboy8

sorry,just to add,any advice on settings of switches/routers and cabling would be great.cheers.

The high horse brigade

Yes, a gigabit switch and an access point is what you need

johnboy8

The high horse brigade wrote: »

Yes, a gigabit switch and an access point is what you need

perfect,just what i wanted to hear.are all gigabit switches and access points the same or will basic one's do the job.cheers.

The high horse brigade

johnboy8 wrote: »

perfect,just what i wanted to hear.are all gigabit switches and access points the same or will basic one's do the job.cheers.

No is the short answer, you can spend pennies or thousands o:-)

Get this switch
TP-Link TL-SG1008D 8-Port Desktop Gigabit Ethernet Switch https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001EVGIYG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_RwmoDbD34RT8K

Get this router and set it to access point mode when configuring to give you an extension of your existing network
TP-Link Archer C1200 Dual Band Gigabit Wireless Cable Router, Wi-Fi Speed Up to 867 Mbps/5 GHz + 300 Mbps/2.4 GHz, 4 Gigabit LAN Ports, 1 USB Port, Supports Parental Control, Guest Wi-Fi, VPN https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0743HB9H2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_QumoDb9BZV82Q

johnboy8

i am just looking at this TP-Link Access Point TL-WA901ND and it only has one input for connection to internet.is there something that i can install and get wired connections from it.cheers.

johnboy8

The high horse brigade wrote: »

No is the short answer, you can spend pennies or thousands o:-)

Get this switch
TP-Link TL-SG1008D 8-Port Desktop Gigabit Ethernet Switch https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001EVGIYG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_RwmoDbD34RT8K

Get this router and set it to access point mode when configuring to give you an extension of your existing network
TP-Link Archer C1200 Dual Band Gigabit Wireless Cable Router, Wi-Fi Speed Up to 867 Mbps/5 GHz + 300 Mbps/2.4 GHz, 4 Gigabit LAN Ports, 1 USB Port, Supports Parental Control, Guest Wi-Fi, VPN https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0743HB9H2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_QumoDb9BZV82Q

sorry,was typing my question when you posted that.cheers.

The high horse brigade

johnboy8 wrote: »

i am just looking at this TP-Link Access Point TL-WA901ND and it only has one input for connection to internet.is there something that i can install and get wired connections from it.cheers.

Get the router I posted in the post above and configure it to access point mode

The high horse brigade

johnboy8 wrote: »

sorry,was typing my question when you posted that.cheers.

Ninja ^_^

johnboy8

great help guys,thanks very much.