Can anyone help building Home Network for someone that I'm helping with?

[zzang]

Sorry for posting the thread way too long.

I had a question about Home Networking for someone who have been knowing me since I was born.

He recently moved to USA and asked me to do Home Networking for his house.

I could do basic home network but never did kinda big network.

So, I wanted to know how do I suppose to do it.

So, I made the plan.

Any please look at this plan and evaluate it for me.

Here is the plan that I tried planing:

Basement (For Family Members and relatives)

Cable TV

Cable Modem (Cable Internet)

Wireless Router (Wireless Broadband Router)

Port 1 goes to “Windows Home Server” for Family.

Port 2 goes to “Main Switch 1” for “2nd Floor (For Parents and their “pretty close” friends)”.

Port 3 goes to “Switch 3” for “Basement (For Family Members and Relatives)”

Port 4 goes to “Main Switch 2” for “1st Floor (For Anyone/Guests)”

Port 1 of “Switch 1” goes to “PC (HTPC) (Family)”.

Port 2 of “Switch 1” goes to “”.

Port 3 of “Switch 1” goes to “PC (Relatives)”.

Port 4 of “Switch 1” goes to “Printer (Relatives)”

Port 5 of “Switch 1” goes to “”.

1st Floor (For Anyone/Guests)

“Main Switch 2”

Port 1 goes to “PC (Anyone/Guests)”

Port 2 goes to “Printer (Anyone/Guests)”

Port 3 goes to “WAP 2”, Wireless Access Point 2

Port 4 goes to

Port 5 goes to

“WAP 2”

“Laptop (Anyone/Guests)”

“Laptop (Anyone/Guests)”

2nd Floor (For Parents and their “pretty close” friends)

“Main Switch 1”

Port 1 goes to “PC (Dad)”

Port 2 goes to “Printer (Dad)”

Port 3 goes to “PC (Mom)”

Port 4 goes to “Printer (Mom)”

Port 5 goes to “WAP 1”, Wireless Access Point 1

Port 6 goes to “Main Switch 4” on “3rd Floor (For chiefs, butlers, maids and etc....)”

Ports 7-8 goes to “No Where”

“WAP 1”

“Laptop (Dad)”

“Laptop (Mom)”

3rd Floor (For chiefs, butlers, maids and etc....)

“Main Switch 4”

Port 1 goes to “PC (Chief 1)”

Port 2 goes to “PC (Chief 2)”

Port 3 goes to “PC (Chief 3)”

Port 4 goes to “PC (Chief 4)”

Port 5 goes to “PC (Chief 5)”

Port 6 goes to “Printer (Chief 1)”

Port 7 goes to “Printer (Chief 2)”

Port 8 goes to “Printer (Chief 3)”

Port 9 goes to “Printer (Chief 4)”

Port 10 goes to “Printer (Chief 5)”

Port 11 goes to “PC (Butler 1)”

Port 12 goes to “PC (Butler 2)”

Port 13 goes to “PC (Butler 3)”

Port 14 goes to “PC (Butler 4)”

Port 15 goes to “PC (Butler 5)”

Port 16 goes to “Printer (Butler 1)”

Port 17 goes to “Printer (Butler 2)”

Port 18 goes to “Printer (Butler 3)”

Port 19 goes to “Printer (Butler 4)”

Port 20 goes to “Printer (Butler 5)”

Port 21 goes to “PC (Maid 1)”

Port 22 goes to “PC (Maid 2)”

Port 23 goes to “PC (Maid 3)”

Port 24 goes to “PC (Maid 4)”

Port 25 goes to “PC (Maid 5)”

Port 26 goes to “Printer (Maid 1)”

Port 27 goes to “Printer (Maid 2)”

Port 28 goes to “Printer (Maid 3)”

Port 29 goes to “Printer (Maid 4)”

Port 30 goes to “Printer (Maid 5)”

Port 31 goes to “WAP 4”, Wireless Access Point 4

Port 32 goes to “Main Switch 5” on “4th Floor (For Kids and their "pretty close" friends)”

Ports 33-48 goes to “No Where”

“WAP 4”

“Laptop (Butler 1)”

“Laptop (Butler 2)”

“Laptop (Butler 3)”

“Laptop (Butler 4)”

“Laptop (Butler 5)”

“Laptop (Chief 1)”

“Laptop (Chief 2)”

“Laptop (Chief 3)”

“Laptop (Chief 4)”

“Laptop (Chief 5)”

“Laptop (Maid 1)”

“Laptop (Maid 2)”

“Laptop (Maid 3)”

“Laptop (Maid 4)”

“Laptop (Maid 5)”

4th Floor (For Kids and their "pretty close" friends)

“Main Switch 5”

Port 1 goes to “PC (Kid 1)”

Port 2 goes to “Printer (Kid 1)”

Port 4 goes to “PS3 (Kid 1)”

Port 5 goes to “X-BOX 360 (Kid 1)”

Port 6 goes to “Wii (Kid 1)”

Port 7 goes to “PC (Kid 2)”

Port 8 goes to “Printer (Kid 2)”

Port 9 goes to “PS3 (Kid 2)”

Port 10 goes to “X-BOX 360 (Kid 2)”

Port 11 goes to “Wii (Kid 2)”

Port 12 goes to “WAP 5”, Wireless Access Point 5

Port 13-16 goes to “No Where”

“WAP 5”

“PSP (Kid 1)”

“Laptop (Kid 1)”

“Xbox 360 (Kid 1)”

“PSP (Kid 2)”

“Laptop (Kid 2)”

“Xbox 360 (Kid 2)”

[Dalo Harkin]

Thats a lot of ports - start off by getting a managed switch or two first.

Im not too sure of the speed of broadband in the US, but if they are all getting used often then you are going to have some huge bottlenecks.

 

Are you planning on setting this up as a server based environment, as by the looks of it, thats whats needed

 

you also have to think about where you are running the cables (anything over 100M) and the Cat5e cable signal/throughput starts to 'degrade'

Edited May 21, 2010 by Dalo Harkin

[zzang]

Thats a lot of ports - start off by getting a managed switch or two first.

Im not too sure of the speed of broadband in the US, but if they are all getting used often then you are going to have some huge bottlenecks.

 

Are you planning on setting this up as a server based environment, as by the looks of it, thats whats needed

 

you also have to think about where you are running the cables (anything over 100M) and the Cat5e cable signal/throughput starts to 'degrade'

 

 

Oh, ok.

 

Here's the Internet speed that they are having: Downloads up to 50Mbps, uploads up to 10Mbps with PowerBoost®.

 

It is from Comcast Cable Internet.

 

So, I planned to have Gigabit switch.

 

They will have that as 2 Internet lines, using two cable modems.

 

 

No, I'm not planing on setting this up as a server based environment.

 

 

 

Just they will have at least 1 Windows Home Server.

Edited May 21, 2010 by zzang

[Dalo Harkin]

If you are planning on using a gigabit switch, then you need to make sure that every device connected is Gigabit, make sure that the router has a Gigabit swithc and then you may be able to save on buying an additional switch.

 

99% of routers dont use Gigabit they use 100 or 'fast ethernet' ports

 

If even one of the devices is not Gigabit then all the devices whether they can run Gigabit or not will all revert to 100

 

Gigabit is only for 'internal' transfer of data IE PC to PC, WHS would not stream media at Gigabit speeds anyway (it just cant do it)

 

for 2 internet lines using 2 cable modems it would be 2 seperate IP addresses meaning you need 2 switches (I would get managed as opposed to unmanaged)

 

I like the way the family are kept in the basement :D

[zzang]

If you are planning on using a gigabit switch, then you need to make sure that every device connected is Gigabit, make sure that the router has a Gigabit swithc and then you may be able to save on buying an additional switch.

 

99% of routers dont use Gigabit they use 100 or 'fast ethernet' ports

 

If even one of the devices is not Gigabit then all the devices whether they can run Gigabit or not will all revert to 100

 

Gigabit is only for 'internal' transfer of data IE PC to PC, WHS would not stream media at Gigabit speeds anyway (it just cant do it)

 

for 2 internet lines using 2 cable modems it would be 2 seperate IP addresses meaning you need 2 switches (I would get managed as opposed to unmanaged)

 

I like the way the family are kept in the basement :D

 

 

Oh, ok.