Step 3

Correct Home Network Diagram

Review this visual first so the layout makes sense before you move on to the walkthrough video.

If you want or need to use a switch, you need to have the modem, router, and switch at the panel. If you have Ethernet and or Coax ports in your home, then you have a panel somewhere in your home where all the cables meet. It can be in a closet, behind a blank faceplate somewhere in the home, or in the attic. The only exception is when you have at least one location in the home with 2 Ethernet ports: one port can bring internet in, and the second port can send internet back to the panel, into the switch, and then out to the rest of the house. This is the only scenario where the router does not need to be in the panel.