Re: Out of Router Ports....add a new Router or Switch? (Home Network)

From: Ken (ng3122_at_ke9nr.#nospam#.net)
Date: 03/05/04 

Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 07:49:46 -0800

Hi JMC -

On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 05:30:17 GMT, "James McCoughlin"
<none@optonline.net> wrote:

>--> So, I would have to subdivide port 5 on the router.....do I wire a
>another "Router" into that port and wire the new router's WAN port to the
>current router's Port 5, or do I do that with a new "Switch" instead? ...I'm
>interested more in the best performance instead of price since the price of
>routers aren't too expensive. (unless if there is no difference, then I'll
>take the cheaper option)
>
>Also, is there any other configuration I'd have to do to the new(or old)
>router other than the basic 10-second config I normally would do for a
>1-router network?

Don't use another router; that would be a waste of money and also
would decrease performance, though probably not noticeably.

Use a switch (best) or even a hub. The switch will be more expensive
than a hub but give better performance because it keeps the traffic
separate which reduces collisions.

Hubs have no configuration. A switch may or may not have
configuration capabilities depending on what kind of extended
capabilities it has. You don't really need any extended capabilities
so a simple switch that doesn't have/need any configuration would be
fine for you. 

-- 
Ken
http://www.ke9nr.net/

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