2011-09-30, 16:30
hey guys i am thinking of connecting my two htpcs to my home media server to stream shows and movies
each htpc is in different room than server i currently have a 10 metre cat6 cable from my server to my wireless gigabit router and then from the router i have two 20 metre cat6 cables one running to the main tv in the lounge room and the other to my bedroom which luckily is on the opposite side of the home office where the server is located so i can simplly run a cable along the bottom of the wall and around into my room
i was thinking of upgrading to either new router or a network switch to stream to both htpc at the same time
i also want to be able to connect my main pc in the office to this network too so i can access my files on all 3 of the computers (including server and htpc's i have 4 total)
with a switch can i share an internet connection by simply plugging in my adsl2+ modem into one of the ethernet ports or do i have to use a router if i want to share both internet and files
also what is best between the two as i would like to share internet connection as well as stream 1080p blu rays between them and the server obviously i would want gigabit for this would prefer not to use a wifi router as personally not a fan of wifi in general so looking for a wired only router or switch
each htpc is in different room than server i currently have a 10 metre cat6 cable from my server to my wireless gigabit router and then from the router i have two 20 metre cat6 cables one running to the main tv in the lounge room and the other to my bedroom which luckily is on the opposite side of the home office where the server is located so i can simplly run a cable along the bottom of the wall and around into my room
i was thinking of upgrading to either new router or a network switch to stream to both htpc at the same time
i also want to be able to connect my main pc in the office to this network too so i can access my files on all 3 of the computers (including server and htpc's i have 4 total)
with a switch can i share an internet connection by simply plugging in my adsl2+ modem into one of the ethernet ports or do i have to use a router if i want to share both internet and files
also what is best between the two as i would like to share internet connection as well as stream 1080p blu rays between them and the server obviously i would want gigabit for this would prefer not to use a wifi router as personally not a fan of wifi in general so looking for a wired only router or switch