Network question

[phillyman36]

Have a question. If i were to take a section of a room and put a small network(cat6 patch port and switch) going to 2 rooms is it ok to put 1 cat6 port/keystone jack in the other 2 rooms and attach a switch to the one port? (instead of having to make 4 ports) Would this be ok or would doing it that way cause any sort of slow down? The other 2 rooms would just be used for accessing the internet thru a pc and a media streamer streaming blu ray.

 

[lif_andi]

It is ok.

Network slowdown will be minimal and this is really a very common way of doing things. Its not optimal in a business environment but for your personal needs you'll be more than ok.

Just make sure you don't loop the switches and all will be well.

 

[phillyman36]

It is ok.

Network slowdown will be minimal and this is really a very common way of doing things. Its not optimal in a business environment but for your personal needs you'll be more than ok.

Just make sure you don't loop the switches and all will be well.

What do you mean loop the switches? Sorry my networking knowledge isn't great I'm reading up and looking at youtube videos.
ps thanks for the reply

 

[lif_andi]

Just don't connect them in a loop, as in with two cables that would create a loop, and possibly crash your network, or at least slow it down considerably.

As long as you "daisy chain" them, as in one link to the other, and then one link from that to the devices, your golden.

 

[dealguru]

Yeah, I agree. Will work fine. Actually you can cascade up to two with
minimal slow down.