House rewire, modem router and cat 6 question????

[Mark300zx]

Please excuse my lack of IT prowess :S

Had my house rewired and the electrician is a bit of a plug and a few questions have arisen which he now tells me he knows little about!!!!!

I've had cat 6 installed in most rooms in the house, I need a modem and I think I need a router to distribute wired internet to all the outlets?

Am I correct in presuming the router needs to be linked to the modem?

He has wired all the Cat 6 to the cellar, instead of to the wireless modem situated in the kitchen, so I presume a cable will have to go to the router from the modem unless anyone can think of another way around this?

[Mark300zx]

The router/modem haven't been purchased yet, any recommendations?

[Mark300zx]

How many cables have you had installed?

7

2. Have they been terminated into a patch panel in the cellar?

Nothing in there as of yet

3. Do you need all the room points live? If not, how many do you actually need enabled?

Probably 5

4. What kind of broadband do you have? ADSL (phoneline based) or cable (Virgin)?

Could be either or depending on what deal I can get, not living there at the moment.

[Mark300zx]

I think I am getting to the limits of my ITness if that is a word?

Matt when you say Master socket what do you mean, is that point where the supplier places the main feed, if so don't have one as the house has undergone a total refurb for a quite a few months, so it is yet to be installed?

[Mark300zx]

Toxic I don't think it is possible to feed another cable to the cellar, at the moment there is just one cat 6 running from the kitchen to the cellar

[Mark300zx]

Greg66 said:

No - it's the master phone socket. The first phone socket after the phone cable enters the house.

I don't think I currently have one.

[Mark300zx]

davepoth said:

So if there's no connection to the house from the telephone network, what's keeping the wireless device in the kitchen?

I just determined the kitchen as the best location for a wifi signal to be situated, there is nothing to stop the modem/router being in the cellar but the signal would be poor and it is slightly damp.

[Mark300zx]

Question time IT 101

The modem is required to connect to the net.

The router is required to disperse the feeds to each area?

What does the switch do?

[Mark300zx]

Thanks the mist is starting to clear

So If I can just connect the router (wifi) with one cat 6 cable and place it in the kitchen then all is good?

And leave the modem plus switch in the cellar?

[Mark300zx]

Thanks for all the replies, can someone do me a favour and suggest a router, modem, switch and panel that will all work together and budget orientated as I may well be selling the house?

[Mark300zx]

Would like to finish things off and as said I may well be staying.

[Mark300zx]

Probs I will still need a panel to finish off the wiring?