Comments on: Should I get a 24 port switch or router for this network? http://www.windows.peros.pl/1596/should-i-get-a-24-port-switch-or-router-for-this-network/ Most popular OS Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:24:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: r_moulton76 http://www.windows.peros.pl/1596/should-i-get-a-24-port-switch-or-router-for-this-network/comment-page-1/#comment-2245 r_moulton76 Sat, 09 May 2009 02:39:33 +0000 http://www.windows.peros.pl/1596/should-i-get-a-24-port-switch-or-router-for-this-network/#comment-2245 As your router is wireless, and assuming it will reach everywhere in your building, you don't need a switch at all. The router connects to the DSL modem and the computers broadcast to and from the router. If environmental conditions (in-wall wiring, distance, etc.) don't allow you to reach the router with wi-fi from every computer, you can run cable from the router to up to four (4) switches and connect the computers to the switch(es) with cable. Someone suggested getting a 10/100/1000 (gigabit) switch, but this won't help you on wi-fi. The 802.11g standard used by your router permits a maximum of 54Mbps traffic. To use gigabit ethernet you will need to run cable to everything. Category 5e will work as long as the cable run is not more than 100 meters (300 ft.). This presupposes that all your computers have 10/100/1000 network adapters. If they're more than a couple years old, they may support only 10/100. That shouldn't be a problem. I've run networks with hundreds of computers on 10/100. For your setup, the principle reason for replacing the router would be security. There are a number of security appliances available which combine routing with security features such as intrustion detection, antivirus, spam filtering, etc. If you are running a server, that should be behind the router as well, not in front of it (between the modem and the router) as someone else suggested. Otherwise anyone can access your server. As your router is wireless, and assuming it will reach everywhere in your building, you don’t need a switch at all. The router connects to the DSL modem and the computers broadcast to and from the router.

If environmental conditions (in-wall wiring, distance, etc.) don’t allow you to reach the router with wi-fi from every computer, you can run cable from the router to up to four (4) switches and connect the computers to the switch(es) with cable.

Someone suggested getting a 10/100/1000 (gigabit) switch, but this won’t help you on wi-fi. The 802.11g standard used by your router permits a maximum of 54Mbps traffic. To use gigabit ethernet you will need to run cable to everything. Category 5e will work as long as the cable run is not more than 100 meters (300 ft.). This presupposes that all your computers have 10/100/1000 network adapters. If they’re more than a couple years old, they may support only 10/100. That shouldn’t be a problem. I’ve run networks with hundreds of computers on 10/100.

For your setup, the principle reason for replacing the router would be security. There are a number of security appliances available which combine routing with security features such as intrustion detection, antivirus, spam filtering, etc.

If you are running a server, that should be behind the router as well, not in front of it (between the modem and the router) as someone else suggested. Otherwise anyone can access your server.

]]> By: Vince http://www.windows.peros.pl/1596/should-i-get-a-24-port-switch-or-router-for-this-network/comment-page-1/#comment-2244 Vince Tue, 05 May 2009 21:13:16 +0000 http://www.windows.peros.pl/1596/should-i-get-a-24-port-switch-or-router-for-this-network/#comment-2244 All you need is ONE modem and ONE multi-port router. The router is plugged to the modem and nothing else. If you would want a server, the setup will be like this; Internet-modem-server-router-computers Hope that helps. All you need is ONE modem and ONE multi-port router. The router is plugged to the modem and nothing else. If you would want a server, the setup will be like this;

Internet-modem-server-router-computers

Hope that helps.

]]> By: spacedude4 http://www.windows.peros.pl/1596/should-i-get-a-24-port-switch-or-router-for-this-network/comment-page-1/#comment-2243 spacedude4 Sun, 03 May 2009 21:42:30 +0000 http://www.windows.peros.pl/1596/should-i-get-a-24-port-switch-or-router-for-this-network/#comment-2243 Yes you can just get a switch that everything plugs into and then it plugs into the router and then that plugs into the DSL modem. You can get a Hub or a Switch, the Switch will be slightly faster than a Hub. If you are buying new get a 1 gigabyte Switch, the 10/100 ones will be slow and outdated in a few years. Yes you can just get a switch that everything plugs into and then it plugs into the router and then that plugs into the DSL modem. You can get a Hub or a Switch, the Switch will be slightly faster than a Hub. If you are buying new get a 1 gigabyte Switch, the 10/100 ones will be slow and outdated in a few years.

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