Adding additional WiFi router - home broadband

zacharius

Hi

Looking for guidance from a networking guru please.

I have Virgin broadband, connected to a TP-link router in the house, all works fine. I have an office in the garden where I work from, ran a CAT 6 cable from the router and connected to home PC, have 500 MB/s. Used to work primarily on the home PC, accessing a company VDI via browser/citrix, using the PC for Team calls.

But, I now have a company laptop so use WiFi getting speeds of 36 MB/s which is OK, but ideally I'd like to have a second network cable in the office that I could use for the laptop without having to switch cables.

Should I look for a cheap router for the office, plug in the cat 6 cable from there and run 2 cables from it (and maybe boost the WiFi?) or is there something else I can do to split the 1 cat 6 into 2? There won;t be contention as I'd be using one or the other.

Not sur eI've explained it well, but any guidance welcome!

Firblog

Buy a small - 4 or 5 port gigabyte switch Buy TP-LINK TL-SG1005D Network Switch - 5 port | CurrysIE, one cable in 2 cables out.

This would also work and give you better wifi

TP-Link 300Mpbs Wireless N Router - White | TL-WR841N | DID.ie - DID Electrical

zacharius

Deadly, thanks Firblog