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<blockquote data-quote="Skar" data-source="post: 788671" data-attributes="member: 80567"><p>Hello everyone,</p><p></p><p>since we are moving into our new flat soon i want to optimize our home network structure.</p><p></p><p>About the wanted Setup and the Flat Structure:</p><p></p><p>The Flat has 2 floors. The lower floor will contain the living room and the kitchen.</p><p>The Upper Floor will contain 2 personal rooms for me and my girlfriend. (Also the bathroom and bedroom but those are irrelevant)</p><p><u>All rooms have at least one LAN-Socket in the wall(s)!</u></p><p></p><p>I aim for a setup like this: one HTPC in the living room for all my HiFi needs. One PC each in the personal rooms, where my PC is a Desktop and my gf has a Laptop.</p><p>Another PC should play the role of a Data-Server where id like to store all my movies, pictures and Music Files. This one will also be used for downloading. The Server will most probably be in my personal room.</p><p>I also want a WLAN connection in all rooms.</p><p></p><p>Basically it would be easy to connect them all with just a router, but then only the Area around the Router would have stable WLAN probably (the flat is quite big)</p><p></p><p>So whats the best way to connect it all while ensuring the following:</p><p>- Stable WLAN in all rooms</p><p>- the downloading does not interfere with Streaming or copying between the Network PCs, especially HD-movie Streaming between the Server and the HTPC has to be 100% interference-free</p><p></p><p></p><p>Problems i already have or expect:</p><p></p><p>At the moment my Network setup is 1 D/L PC and my Desktop connected via LAN through a mocem/router combo, and my HTPC in the living room (contains also media files on local HD) connected via WLAN.</p><p>When i want to copy a movie from the D/L PC to the desktop it basically eats all network resources pushing the copy speed to maximum.</p><p>As i am a hobby user i only have limited knowledge of Network structures so i am unsure how to optimize all this.</p><p></p><p>Is it beneficial to have the D/l and server PC have 2 Network cards? one connected to the internet and one just for the local Network?</p><p>If so, how would the internet connection be shared to all the other PCs? </p><p></p><p></p><p>Any suggestions are very welcome!</p><p>Im happy if you mention any other Problems i might be having, which i didnt even think about yet!</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance</p><p>ciao</p><p>Skar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Skar, post: 788671, member: 80567"] Hello everyone, since we are moving into our new flat soon i want to optimize our home network structure. About the wanted Setup and the Flat Structure: The Flat has 2 floors. The lower floor will contain the living room and the kitchen. The Upper Floor will contain 2 personal rooms for me and my girlfriend. (Also the bathroom and bedroom but those are irrelevant) [U]All rooms have at least one LAN-Socket in the wall(s)![/U] I aim for a setup like this: one HTPC in the living room for all my HiFi needs. One PC each in the personal rooms, where my PC is a Desktop and my gf has a Laptop. Another PC should play the role of a Data-Server where id like to store all my movies, pictures and Music Files. This one will also be used for downloading. The Server will most probably be in my personal room. I also want a WLAN connection in all rooms. Basically it would be easy to connect them all with just a router, but then only the Area around the Router would have stable WLAN probably (the flat is quite big) So whats the best way to connect it all while ensuring the following: - Stable WLAN in all rooms - the downloading does not interfere with Streaming or copying between the Network PCs, especially HD-movie Streaming between the Server and the HTPC has to be 100% interference-free Problems i already have or expect: At the moment my Network setup is 1 D/L PC and my Desktop connected via LAN through a mocem/router combo, and my HTPC in the living room (contains also media files on local HD) connected via WLAN. When i want to copy a movie from the D/L PC to the desktop it basically eats all network resources pushing the copy speed to maximum. As i am a hobby user i only have limited knowledge of Network structures so i am unsure how to optimize all this. Is it beneficial to have the D/l and server PC have 2 Network cards? one connected to the internet and one just for the local Network? If so, how would the internet connection be shared to all the other PCs? Any suggestions are very welcome! Im happy if you mention any other Problems i might be having, which i didnt even think about yet! Thanks in advance ciao Skar [/QUOTE]
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