08-26-2010, 08:48 PM
Wailer wrote:
I'm so confused.
Why not put the switch where the router is now. Then move the router upstairs (where reception is good). If your broadband connection is in the basement, you go from your DSL/cable modem to your router (via long ethernet cable) and then back down to the switch (via a separate long ethernet cable).
If you have DSL, you can use any phone jack (or pair of copper wire) and connect the router anywhere and then connect to your switch via an existing cable.
You need the switch *after* the router in order to use the NAT of your router! If you have multiple IPs from your ISP (very unlikely), you could use the switch in lieu of a router.
We are all confused. Which is my own fault seeing I've never played with wireless networks until a year or so ago. Sorry about that.
I know what I need to do and basically it's what DOC and you are saying. I might just send back the switch and grab another ASUS to make my life easier.