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To switch or to Route?
protokatie:
I need to expand the LAN here, as I find I dont have enough Ethernet ports on the cheepo Linksys router (100 base T with wifi G)
I was thinking of daisy chaining either a switch or router to the current router. Any ideas? Switch or router? Any issues with daisy chaining?
This is one item that piqued my interest, it is a switch with no Wifi, so I would need the current router.
http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/720837/Netgear-GS608-8-Port-Gigabit-Ethernet/?cm_mmc=Mercent-_-Google-_-Wired_Networking-_-720837&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=plusbox-beta&mr:trackingCode=230F3D1B-EC81-DE11-B7F3-0019B9C043EB&mr:referralID=NA
Any advice?
saint:
Just plug a switch into the router. Only need one router on your LAN.
vorghagen:
--- Quote from: saint on February 14, 2010, 10:49:25 pm ---Just plug a switch into the router. Only need one router on your LAN.
--- End quote ---
+1
Having a second router is unnecessary and makes for extra problems when setting up if you forget to disable everything (DHCP etc). Whereas with a switch it is literally plug and play.
Better performance too.
protokatie:
Okies, that is what I was leaning towards. Also, I imagine I should connect the thing up in this order.
Modem - Router - Switch, as the switch AFAIK doesnt handle the web end of stuff (firewall, IP address acquiring, etc)
Is this the best?
EDIT: Also, is the linked switch a good deal, or does anyone have a recommendation?
vorghagen:
--- Quote from: protokatie on February 14, 2010, 11:24:31 pm ---Modem - Router - Switch, as the switch AFAIK doesnt handle the web end of stuff (firewall, IP address acquiring, etc)
--- End quote ---
Correct. The switch will do nothing but connect LAN devices to each other. The one you've linked to seems pretty good but I'd only go for a gigabit if you really need that speed. Unless you've got several devices with a gigabit network card everything will be slowed to 100M anyway. You'd probably be able to find a 10/100 switch for less than half the price. If you want to get the gigabit switch for future proofing in case you pick up some gigabit stuff later there's no down side apart from the price.
Hope this helps.
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