10 way router?

[Jeff FV]

We're having an extension built and the electrician has plumbed in data(?) cables to several parts of the house, so that we can have wired internet connections throughout, rather than relying on wifi. (Although we will still want wii-fi for phones etc.)

This evening, before he left, he said I should call BT and

"...ask for a 10 way router [our current router is a BT home hub 5 with 4 yellow ports at the back] as he has made a patch panel."

I'm not 100% sure what he means.

All the purple data wires "arrive" where my circuit board is (and where he intends to put the patch panel) - is this so they can plug into the back of the router?

Is this the sort of thing I require:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-LINK-TL-...qid=1455655014&sr=8-1&keywords=10+port+router

Do I keep my router, have the phone line going into my router and a wire from my router to the above?

Sorry if its a dumb question - it seems both logical yet confusing at the same time!

Many thanks

Jeff

 

[PipeTen-Carl]

Keep your router, buy a 24 (or less) port switch or a 12 port hub if you must, cable from patches to switch, cable from switch to router, job done.

If in doubt, speak to your local friendly IT guy, an ISP will charge you a fortune for some complex device and engineer you do not need.

EDIT: Yes, that tplink will do the job, if you don't intend on doing high volume file transfers between PC's. I'd rather go for something like this for same price http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NetGear-F...139267?hash=item3abd8b8003:g:j0EAAOSwoydWqf01 or http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Netgear-P...353570?hash=item3aa856a422:g:b74AAOSwymxVOhbD if you want more future proofing.

 

[cjd]

Yup, you need a good quality switch with plenty of ports infront of the router - routers have enough to do.

 

[ServWise]

As they said above! Yeah just need a switch with 10+ ports (assuming that's how many ethernet cables you've got to connect)

 

[Jeff FV]

Thanks to you all for you help and clarification - a great help.

J

 

[MikeJ]

The best thing about this thread is I pretty much understood it all.