A bit of network help please

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I have a wireless router ( Linksys E4200) with gigabit 4 ports and currently use the wireless for laptops and printers to connect and a wired LAN to my (QNAP) NAS and iMac connected to 2 separate ports on the router.
I have a TV with a Freesat PVR near the iMac that I want to connect to the LAN.

Would I have to run a new Cat5E cable back to the router or can I fit a gigabit switch next to the iMac and connect the TV and iMac to that? The cable to the iMac is around 20 metres, the TV is about 10 metres away.
I only want to use the TV to pick up iPlayer at the moment but maybe in the future ( when I have figured it out) to stream movies etc stored on the NAS
Allan
 
I've got a basic switch behind my TV. The TV, bluray, AV amp and HTPC that are there all need internet connections and a 5 port switch keeps the wiring simple. the router hands out IP addresses just the same as for direct connections to it. I don't have gigabit though.
 
So, you have the switch behind the TV wired back to the router then everything plugged into the switch?
Allan
 
allanm said:
So, you have the switch behind the TV wired back to the router then everything plugged into the switch?
Allan
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That's what I use behind my Media PC to connect to my Humax box and it works a treat.
 
that will work fine with a switch, just be aware that a single cat5 back to the router will be a bottleneck if youre running network intensive work on both imac and pvr but it should be fine 9 times out of 10 on gigabit.
 
Thanks guys, :thumbs: I just ordered a Netgear GS605, I guess I'll be on the computer most of the time so there shouldn't be too much of a bottleneck.
Allan
 
My Netgear switch arrived this morning. Fitted it under the computer and wired in my iMac and the PVR. Surprisingly, the Humax PVR has only a standard 10/100 ethernet port!
Allan
 
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