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Hardwired unfinished basement help
Full disclosure, I'm new to this wiring thing and am trying to piece together these acronyms, so talk to me like your explaining it to your 5-year-old nephew (even though he might understand most of ...
You need at least 1 additional Ethernet connection from the room with your router back down to the basement where your ONT and other Ethernet connections terminate. Then you need a switch there to tie it all together. Get an unmanaged switch with as many ports as you need. If you can't run another Ethernet cable from the T3200 down to the basement then consider using a pair of PowerLine adapters which gives you an Ethernet connection over household power wiring. Using MoCA adapters is also an option if you have a coax cable run already there.
ONT <------------------- Ethernet -------------> WAN Port on T3200M
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Switch Port 1 <------------------- Ethernet -------------> LAN Port on T3200M
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Switch Port 2 <------------------- Ethernet -------------> Room 1 in basement
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Switch Port 3 <------------------- Ethernet -------------> Room 2 in basement
You need at least 1 additional Ethernet connection from the room with your router back down to the basement where your ONT and other Ethernet connections terminate. Then you need a switch there to tie it all together. Get an unmanaged switch with as many ports as you need. If you can't run another Ethernet cable from the T3200 down to the basement then consider using a pair of PowerLine adapters which gives you an Ethernet connection over household power wiring. Using MoCA adapters is also an option if you have a coax cable run already there.
ONT <------------------- Ethernet -------------> WAN Port on T3200M
||
Switch Port 1 <------------------- Ethernet -------------> LAN Port on T3200M
||
Switch Port 2 <------------------- Ethernet -------------> Room 1 in basement
||
Switch Port 3 <------------------- Ethernet -------------> Room 2 in basement
