[Hidden-tech] Network question

[P. Al Williams]

Daniel,

I'm fairly sure this has to do with how you are distributing the connection.
I believe a patch panel divides your bandwidth and you need something like
a router or a powered switch to amplify it before distribution to maintain
bandwidth.

Al

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Daniel Lieberman <
daniel at daniellieberman.org> wrote:

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> Have a perplexing situation. We have 20 megabit down internet service from
> Comcast coming in to the front building of our place, gets passed via Cat 5
> probably 150 feet to a patch panel, which distributes it to ethernet ports
> in 5 or 6 rooms in the back building.
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> Why would the connections in the rear building only provide 6-7 megabits?
> Could we replace switches or panels in the rear building to provide more
> bandwidth to the individual connections? Or is the splitting of the signal
> in the rear building the issue?
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> Any suggestions? I'm baffled.
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