Bridge Suggestions Please...

I have Belkin 4 Port Wireless Cable/DSL Router that works great. I
will be adding a ReplayTV, X-Box & Home Theatre PC into the nextwork.
These 3 pieces of eqipment will all be located together. I'd like to
hard wire these to a device, which then talks to the Belkin. What are
my options?

TIA
ROn

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> I have Belkin 4 Port Wireless Cable/DSL Router that works great. I
> will be adding a ReplayTV, X-Box & Home Theatre PC into the nextwork.
> These 3 pieces of eqipment will all be located together. I'd like to
> hard wire these to a device, which then talks to the Belkin. What are
> my options?
>
> TIA
> ROn

You neglected to say which model (there are 3) of Belkin wireless router
that you have. I'll assume it's the F5D7230-4. You can use a Belkin
F5D7130 Access Point to establish a bridge to another wired LAN. Use any
brand of Ethernet Switch to attach multiple devices to the AP. Use a
crossover cable to connect the AP to a host port on the switch, or use a
straight-through cable if the switch has an uplink port. It might not even
matter which cable you use if the AP has auto MDI/MDI-X (auto crossover). I
believe it does, but the documentation is not forthcoming on this. The
switch that you buy might also have this feature.

Ron Bandes, CCNP, CTT+, etc.