Re: Insert a 1 Gb switch into existing 100/10 network?

On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:46:18 -0500, Alan Browne
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>Instead of buying a new router with WiFi, it's cheaper to get a 1000
>mbps switch alone if I keep the WiFi Router.
>
>Can I "insert it" (a switch) into the high speed part of my network and
>leave the "slow stuff" on the outside "WiFi-Router", thus:

Yes, should work fine. A lot of us do it that way, including me.

On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:34:20 -0500, Alan Browne
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On 10-02-04 0:52 , Char Jackson wrote:
>> On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:46:18 -0500, Alan Browne
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> Instead of buying a new router with WiFi, it's cheaper to get a 1000
>>> mbps switch alone if I keep the WiFi Router.
>>>
>>> Can I "insert it" (a switch) into the high speed part of my network and
>>> leave the "slow stuff" on the outside "WiFi-Router", thus:
>>
>> Yes, should work fine. A lot of us do it that way, including me.
>>
>
>Thanks. Just wanted to be sure before sending the order.

Holler if you have any issues, but I don't think you will.