That method seems fine
I have a similar setup going on here
Netgear DM111P > wan port on a WRT54GS running tomato > port on the
WRT hooked up to a port on a Buffalo 8 port gigabit switch
occasionally I'll hang 100mbps devices off the WRT, that's more an
issue of cable management than anything else.
Traffic between local nodes will just bound around the gigabit
switches ports and never get anywhere near the router, so it's as
performant as it gets.
On 23 Sep 2008, at 17:53, Naushad Zulfiqar wrote:
Sorry for the lame subject title, but.........
I have a WRT54GL linksys router connected to an ADSL modem. Right
now all
the 4 ports are occupied by various devices. The primary ones being
my
fileserver and my main machine.
Since the switch on the WRT is 10/100 only, I've been feeling the
pain when
transferring large files. Both my fileserver and my main computer
have Gbit
NICS on them and I would like to take advantage of them.
I've looked around (NEWEGG) and have seen that 4-5 port switches
cost around
the 50 dollar range. That's perfect and I can spare that kind of
cash.
That being said, what is the best way to "integrate" the switch into
my
current setup? Would it be:
MODEM <------------> Router(Port1) <-------------> Gbit Switch
<------------------> Devices?
Would another "method" be more faster and/or elegant?
I love my router and don't want to change it for a gigabit model,
but if the
collective says so, I will have to consider strongly.
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Best Regards,
Zulfiqar Naushad
