Setting up wired (1000Mbps) + wireless network

William Hooper whooperhsd3 at earthlink.net
Tue Jun 21 13:37:09 UTC 2005


Reuben D. Budiardja wrote:

> 2. M1
> will act as firewall and router. This is because 1000Mbps capable routers
> are still too expensive for me.

Unless you have a really fast internet connection (faster than 100 Mbps)
it won't matter if the router isn't 1000 Mbps.

> So I am thinking of just getting the combo router. Will that be a problem
> if I connect it to the switch then (since it by itself is a router) ?

It shouldn't be a problem as long as you remember to turn off the dhcp
server on the "router" and remember to plug the switch into the LAN side
of the "router".

-- 
William Hooper




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