[Leaplist] Network topology to split WAN to two LANs

[patrick]

Hank Lambert wrote:
> Just out or curiosity, is there a reason you want to divide the network
> into 2 LANs?
> 
> --Hank
> 
> 
> patrick wrote:
>> Have cables home run to three rooms from the garage.
>>
>> In the garage, on the back board, there is a Bright House (Scientific
>> Atlanta cable modem, with telephone aka MTA), and with ethernet to a
>> switch.
>>
>> >From the switch, one cable goes into a wifi router, that feeds one room
>> that has an 8 port switch.
>>
>> Another cable goes to a 2 port router that serves another room with a
>> single system, and a local switch that serves the test bench computer,
>> and test units.
>>
>> Typically, 6 computers are running, but, soon, there will be a file
>> server and a juke box server, possibly another server, to feed media.
>>
>> Any suggestions? Do you foresee any bottlenecks?
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Actually, it is already split, because, the Broadband modem has only one
output ethernet jack, but, I have a seperate two port firewall/router,
and a 4 port (eth) plus wifi router with internal firewall.

There are six (6) cat5 cables homerun to different places in the building.

I suspect it is wisest to come out of the modem, go into the second
phone system MTA, then, proceed to the dual port router, then through
the switch, with one output being the wifi router, strictly for wifi
computers...

Much has changed since the original install in January!