Wiring house with cat 6 and network switch question

[Ajelvani]

Im wiring rooms in my house with cat 6 for future proofing. Im going to have around 7 cat 6 cables wired. However, I'm going to also get a network switch to connect all 7 cables to and from their i will have a cat 6 cable going to the the router. My routers ports and the network switch are gigabit. So regarding the network switch with this setup, is it possible to have lets say 3 ethernet cables from the network switch to router for better bandwith

 

[JackMDS]

Nope, using a bigger purse for $10 does not make it $100.

 

[splat_ed]

I think if both can link aggregate then you can. But that's generally enterprise gear.

 

[MongGrel]

I still have my main hardwired, but these days I'd be more worried about a good wireless setup.

Depends what you are doing I guess.

 

[VirtualLarry]

My routers ports and the network switch are gigabit. So regarding the network switch with this setup, is it possible to have lets say 3 ethernet cables from the network switch to router for better bandwith

You plan on signing up for a 3 Gigabit internet service? What, like Netzero for $10/mo?

 

[nsafreak]

I think if both can link aggregate then you can. But that's generally enterprise gear.

You can use link aggregation to increase throughput and redundancy on your local network but you still have just one link coming in for WAN access. In order to increase the amount of bandwidth you have through link aggregation to the outside world you'd have to have an ISP that supported the configuration along with multiple routers that supported it and network switches. Generally this is not something that consumer ISPs do and if they do you're looking at a hefty amount of cash to get it setup on your end and the ISP's end along with a huge monthly fee.

 

[mxnerd]

Unless OP lives in Kansas City where Google provides 1G fiber and pay 3x monthly subscriptions, and doing load balancing.

https://fiber.google.com/cities/kansascity/plans/

 

[Ajelvani]

Why are u guys all thinking t has to do with internet speed. I actually wanted more bandwidth for better local network connections but after some research it looks like it wont be that much of a problem.

 

[utahraptor]

The only way you are going to exceed gigabit speeds if is you utilize 10 Gigabit Ethernet on all devices including the switch/router or if you use teaming on both ends. You can't just add extra cables willy nilly.

 

[azazel1024]

Why are u guys all thinking t has to do with internet speed. I actually wanted more bandwidth for better local network connections but after some research it looks like it wont be that much of a problem.

Everything should be running through the switch, so you wouldn't need a fatter connection to your router. If it is for more wireless throughput, there isn't really a wireless router than exceed 1Gbps of actual wireless through put, so the extra wired capacity is wasted.

Doesn't mean I wouldn't run a 2nd cable just for redundancy and if/when wireless improves to the point of needing LAG to keep up (supposing consumer routers ever utilize LAG to make up for that).

 

[Engineer]

Everything should be running through the switch, so you wouldn't need a fatter connection to your router.

Not necessarily. If the OP had several devices attached to the router's switch ports, they would be limited to 1Gbps TOTAL from the router to the other switch. If a PC that was attached to the router's switch was copying files from a PC attached to the other switch, most of the 1Gbps bandwidth would be eaten by that single connection and other devices that were communicating between the two switches would be limited.

When I was setting up my network for Windows Media Center and live TV, I tried to avoid having extra switches around the house connected to the main switch just for this reason. I ran extra jacks from the main switch to several spots so that everything could get the full bandwidth between devices at all times.

 

[JimKiler]

Im wiring rooms in my house with cat 6 for future proofing. Im going to have around 7 cat 6 cables wired. However, I'm going to also get a network switch to connect all 7 cables to and from their i will have a cat 6 cable going to the the router. My routers ports and the network switch are gigabit. So regarding the network switch with this setup, is it possible to have lets say 3 ethernet cables from the network switch to router for better bandwith

Make sure you do two runs to each room because you have the walls open and cannot add them later without using a tech tube.

 

[azazel1024]

Not necessarily. If the OP had several devices attached to the router's switch ports, they would be limited to 1Gbps TOTAL from the router to the other switch. If a PC that was attached to the router's switch was copying files from a PC attached to the other switch, most of the 1Gbps bandwidth would be eaten by that single connection and other devices that were communicating between the two switches would be limited.

When I was setting up my network for Windows Media Center and live TV, I tried to avoid having extra switches around the house connected to the main switch just for this reason. I ran extra jacks from the main switch to several spots so that everything could get the full bandwidth between devices at all times.

And yet you quote the part where I said EVERYTHING SHOULD BE RUNNING THROUGH THE SWITCH. Not the router. Then you do not need to worry about having a wider uplink to the router than 1Gbps.

If you don't do that, then yes, you may want to need a wider connection to the router.