[timsoles]

I have recently had Virgin Digital Broadband installed and the Wireless Super Hub works well with very reasonable wireless speeds.

However, our two desktops are on the opposite side of the house to the router and I intend to install Cat5e or Cat6 cabling around the house to the desktops and also install ethernet sockets in the bedrooms to fully benefit from the available cable broadband speed.

There is currently a double coaxial socket near the router with the cables going up to the loft where they were originally connected to TV and FM ariels. It should be straightforward to replace these with ethernet cabling to the loft, and then down to the rooms with the desktops.

My questions are:

1) Is there any benefit in running 4 cables to the loft from the 4 router ports or will the performance be the same with a single cable to the loft and a decent switch to split to the various rooms?

2) If I wire 4 cables to the loft, does it make sense to have an Ethernet Patch Box in the loft as the distribution point for the various rooms, or are there any other options?

3) Are there any other practical tips from those of you who have been down this route already?

Cheers,

Tim