OT... but a little networking knowledge desired

[Rashkae]

Michael Comperchio wrote:
> The obvious answer is to pay some guy to rewire
> the house. Not Going To Happen. Next answer is me rewire the house, also
> NGTH. So I though that I would buy a 5 or 8 port switch, attach it to
> the cable modem, patch the switch into 5 or 8 of the already run cables,
> and attach the wireless to the other end of the most advantageously
> exposed spot. But, before I did this, I though I'd ask... can I put a
> switch in front of the wireless router? like so:
> 
> cable modem ----> switch ---> patch panel ----> wireless router? 
> 
> Michael.
> 

Another obvious answer that I think would work well for your particular
situation is an Ethernet Electrical outlet bridge.  This is a somewhat
expensive solution (I think the units cost $80 a piece, you need at
least 2 to be useful,), but would allow you to bridge the wired network
segments into rooms that don't have cat 5 cable over the house
electrical wires.  really cool tech for these kinds of situations :)