On Sep 6, 6:08 am, John Jones <jjetroit...@ameritech.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:53:59 -0000, DeanB <deanbrow...@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

Thanks John, Alan.

Are you saying that only a router can connect directly to a modem's
ethernet port, and a switch cannot do this?