On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:53:59 -0000, DeanB <deanbrown3d@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Question 1: What would be an appropriate switch here? I like Linksys,
>and the basement setup is a rack mount system. Not sure which model to
>buy.

Doesn't really matter much. I needed to do something like this a few
months ago, and the only rack mount "consumer level" gear I could find
in local stores was Netgear. I thought it was overpriced, and ended up
getting a SynOptics switch from a company which I used to do business
with, that was surplus to their needs.

>Question 2: Can I simply run an ethernet cable up from on of the ports
>on this new switch to my WRT54G upstairs?

A better description would be running an Ethernet cable DOWN from a
LAN port on the router to the switch <grin>. There should be at least
one port on the switch that can either be Normal or Uplink. You want
to use it in Uplink mode. The "mode switch" may be manual or
automatic, depending on the sophistication of the particular switch
you get.
John Jones, Detroit