Good day,

Am planning to do wired backhaul for my home network.

Fiber Internet (1GBPS Up/Down) comes to my home (FTTH) through  the ISP provided modem (Huawei EchoLife EG8145V5), Please note this has 4 1Gig Ethernet ports.

Question please.

What set-up would work best.

Option 1:

Main Deco X60 connected to the router via Cat6E ethernet cable (less than 5 feet)

Umanaged network switch (TP-Link TL-SG105E 5-Port Gigabit) will then be connected to the 2nd ethernet port of the main deco (1st port connected to the modem)

The other 2 X60s would then connect to the switch via CAT6E cable (30 / 40m cable distance)

Option 2:

Connect all 3 Deco X60s directly to the modem port and not use a network switch

If I would need additional ethernet ports, i would use the remaining port in the router and connect the desktop switch there.

Not sure if it is a valid concern, but wouldnt it be better if each Deco get its own 1Gig port (through the modem) rather than through the switch wherein they share only 1Gig port coming from the modem? (as the switch is connected to the main deco which is ultimately connected to the modem router)

Haha! any help / guidance on what set-up would be best would be much appreciated.