"Wired" router EMF health concern? 5 or 6-port ADSL router?

Hi there, how are you doing?

A while ago my wife read some reports (she is a physician) and was
concerned about our home wireless network (see http://omega.twoday.net/stories/3482006/
and http://www.safelivingtechnologies.ca...fety_Tips.htm), so we
replaced our wireless router with a "wired one." However now she is
concerned whether there is any EMF or RF associated with "wired"
router as well, as our router is currently located in her bedroom, and
is in a "always on" condition. Just wondering does anyone know (for
fact) what are the EMF or RF associated with a typical 4-port DSL
router, and is it significant enough to cause any health concern? If
we say, hide the router (and the DSL modem) behind a thick wooden
dresser, would that help reducing the possible EMF or RF? IF there IS
some health concern associated with a wired DSL router (and DSL
modem), could anyone please point some online references so that we
could do some more research (or, if there are some articles that
explicit saying that there is absolutely no health concern associated
with "wired" DSL router and DSL modem, please let me know too so that
I could show my wife). Thanks in advance!

Also, currently on the market it seems that most of the "wired" router
only provide 4 ports, is this true? If so why is that? Is it possible
that we could find some kind of 5 or 6-ports DSL router to replace our
current one as we are running out of ports for connections (for
different rooms). thanks!


hotister@hotmail.com

On Dec 3, 11:22 pm, hotis...@hotmail.com wrote:

> Also, currently on the market it seems that most of the "wired" router
> only provide 4 ports, is this true? If so why is that? Is it possible
> that we could find some kind of 5 or 6-ports DSL router to replace our
> current one as we are running out of ports for connections (for
> different rooms). thanks!

I don't know anything about any EMF/RF associated with wired routers
but 4 ports is indeed the most common number for routers these days.
If you want to increase your home network without going wireless you
could purchase switches (which is basically a router without the DHCP
and whatnot) and connect them to the router to increase the number of
ports.

You'll be able to find switches that go from 5 ports up to 24 or more.
The more ports you want, the more you'll have to pay but it's not
overly expensive (I think under $100 CND for a 24 port switch).

Wireless routers have radios that are not in a wired router. Linksys makes 8
and 16 port wired routers so you don't need an extra switch. One of the
articles was about citywide WIFI like they are putting in Philly rather than
inside a home.

Thanks,
Bruce

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> Hi there, how are you doing?
>
> A while ago my wife read some reports (she is a physician) and was
> concerned about our home wireless network (see
> http://omega.twoday.net/stories/3482006/
> and http://www.safelivingtechnologies.ca...fety_Tips.htm), so we
> replaced our wireless router with a "wired one." However now she is
> concerned whether there is any EMF or RF associated with "wired"
> router as well, as our router is currently located in her bedroom, and
> is in a "always on" condition. Just wondering does anyone know (for
> fact) what are the EMF or RF associated with a typical 4-port DSL
> router, and is it significant enough to cause any health concern? If
> we say, hide the router (and the DSL modem) behind a thick wooden
> dresser, would that help reducing the possible EMF or RF? IF there IS
> some health concern associated with a wired DSL router (and DSL
> modem), could anyone please point some online references so that we
> could do some more research (or, if there are some articles that
> explicit saying that there is absolutely no health concern associated
> with "wired" DSL router and DSL modem, please let me know too so that
> I could show my wife). Thanks in advance!
>
> Also, currently on the market it seems that most of the "wired" router
> only provide 4 ports, is this true? If so why is that? Is it possible
> that we could find some kind of 5 or 6-ports DSL router to replace our
> current one as we are running out of ports for connections (for
> different rooms). thanks!