I presume by your comments you already have a wireless router as your home network. If yes, then a simple wired switch should work fine.
>From one of your routers LAN ports just run a cable to the Switch, then as many cables from the switch to your devices. One thing to be careful of is that there are Switches and Hub/Switch combos. A simple Switch has no designated "input" port for the cable coming from your router. A Hub has such a designated "input" port. A Hub can be used as a simple Switch by just not using this "input" port. I ran into the Hub issue long ago giving me very erratic connection & DNS issues with several devices. Not using the "input" port on my Hub/Switch (now making it a Switch) solved all my connection issues and has worked flawlessly ever since. A word of advice: Buy a bigger Switch than you think you currently need. You may just need a simple 4 port Switch right now, but going to a 6 port or 8 port Switch would not cost that much more. More room to grow and keep in mind that one of the Switch's ports will be needed for the input cable. Hope this helps. :) -- toby10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73378 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
