I have a AT&T BGW320-500 gateway with the AT&T FIBER — INTERNET 5000 Gbps plan in my garage.
That gateway’s 5Gb ethernet port is plugged into a TP-Link TL-SG1024S and that switch connects to 12 ethernet cables (Cat 6) that connect to the ethernet wall patch panels throughout the house.
The house has 2 flours and my main computer room is upstairs.
I have a NAS in my computer room for video editing. I also have a PC, personal laptop, and work laptop with 10Gbe NICs.
I want to buy 2 switches, one for the garage and one for the computer room. I only care about the computer room having a 10Gbe switch but I believe I need another switch for the garage to send up a 10Gbe connection to my computer room.
I’m looking for some suggestions on how I would go about doing this because I don’t really understand connecting switches like this.
I also randomly have a Juniper EX4200 series with 10G modules. I also have a linksys SR224G and a planet POE-2400 but I don’t think these will be useful.
I attached some photos of some of the current setup.
Ignore (most) of the other people here. To do this you will need two 10 gig capable switches, since your connection is only as good as the weakest link. You need to take your 5G cable (the side connected to the TP) and plug it into something 10 gig capable (unmanaged would be easiest). Also plug in the cable going upstairs into that new 10 gig switch. Then, wire the 10 gig switch to your tp link one in the garage. Upstairs, replace the switch with something 10 gig capable, then you’re good.
Simple as that. Unfortunately 10 gig switches are not cheap these days, especially ones that are just RJ45, but there are ones that are a limited number of ports.