Brian,
Congrats on the new bundle of joy! Best of the Season also.
You have the correct idea. Let the switch do its' function and let the
router do its' function; separately via patch cable. I have always done
this. My only current difference is that I port my server to my router's
switch ports because my router (dgl-4300) also has 10/100/1000 ports.
All works well and have yet to see any collision problems or blockages.
Best,
Duncan
Brian Weeden wrote:
Putting everything on the switch and running a cable to the router is
exactly what I meant to say.
These things happen when you mix toddler + pregnant wife + prepping for
inlaws visting for Christmas.
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Brian Weeden
Technical Advisor
Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org>
+1 (514) 466-2756 Canada
+1 (202) 683-8534 US
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Zulfiqar Naushad <z00...@gmail.com> wrote:
No. Not the uplink port but rather any one of those 3 ports.
So you will have 2 devices directly on the apple router. 1 port from the
router to the switch and 1 device to the switch giving you 6 more open ports
on the router.
I say put everything on the switch and just a cable from the switch to the
apple router.
Performance should be a bit better since they are all on the single switch
fabric.
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 20, 2009, at 8:56 PM, Brian Weeden <brian.wee...@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm a bit sleep deprived this morning and wanted to make sure I'm clear on
something which is probably a "duh" question.
I have more than 3 ethernet devices in my home theater rack and right now
my
router is an Airport Extreme which only has 3 ethernet ports. I can just
add something like an 8-port Gigabit ethernet swtich, put the router on
the
uplink port, and presto, I'm all good, right? Or am I missing something
stupid?
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Brian Weeden
Technical Advisor
Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org>
+1 (514) 466-2756 Canada
+1 (202) 683-8534 US
