On 5/27/24 17:09, Paul M Foster wrote:
Folks:
At some point this year, I'm moving into a new house, and it is not wired
for internet (WHY aren't new houses wired with Cat5/6/7?). The local
internet provider will likely provide a wireless router, as they all do. My
idea is to put a device which receives wireless signal from the
router/modem, and has an RJ45 jack in it in each room. So each room would
have one of these, and the devices in it would be hooked to that device via
cat 5e. I hope that's clear.
I'd like to shop for such a device, but I don't know what it's called. Can
anyone provide advice, and possibly preferred brand names? I'd appreciate
it.
Paul
That is a step down from a router, and a step up from a "hub". Usually
called a switch if it can handle a circuit per rj45 jack. Managed
usually cost a bit more but most managed switches can NAT between ipv4's
254 addreeses to a different address. I have such an 8 port switch in
the room with all my 3d printers but I'm not using that feature. It
just works like a hub but noticeably faster.
Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
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