- Jun 13, 2001
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My current house has single RJ45 drops in a few rooms that go into a network closet which I just plug into the back of my FIOS router in the same closet. In each of the rooms, I currently have an unmanaged gigabit switch to give me more ports for that room.
Would I see any performance difference (intranet file transfers would only have to go through one switch versus two, for example) if I were to take the time to run more cable so I have more drops in each room all going into a patch patch panel which is then connected to a larger (e.g. 24 ports) switch? I figure I would save on electricity, haha, but more interested in if its worth the time and effort to run a bunch of wires.
Thanks
Would I see any performance difference (intranet file transfers would only have to go through one switch versus two, for example) if I were to take the time to run more cable so I have more drops in each room all going into a patch patch panel which is then connected to a larger (e.g. 24 ports) switch? I figure I would save on electricity, haha, but more interested in if its worth the time and effort to run a bunch of wires.
Thanks