I have an Alltel Huawei EC228 modem connected to a Cradlepoint MBR-1000 Mobile Broadband Modem. It is an awesome router and really simplifies using cellular broadband as a home internet source. I am a bit new to networking, so I have a question. I am in the process of turning a computer I recently replaced into a file/media server. Primarily I will be doing backups to it and streaming media (some of which is HD, the majority is not. but still, I would like to be future-proof to some extent) from it to three computers and eventually to a Slingbox on my TV.
The MBR-1000 has Wireless-N, but does not have Gigabit ethernet. What are my options as far as this goes? It will be entirely over LAN (and WLAN for the laptop, I guess, although laptop is not essential at the moment) so would a Gigabit switch thrown into the mix allow me to stream with Gigabit speeds (assuming I have Gigabit NICs in my PCs)? If so, where in the network do I put it?
The MBR-1000 has Wireless-N, but does not have Gigabit ethernet. What are my options as far as this goes? It will be entirely over LAN (and WLAN for the laptop, I guess, although laptop is not essential at the moment) so would a Gigabit switch thrown into the mix allow me to stream with Gigabit speeds (assuming I have Gigabit NICs in my PCs)? If so, where in the network do I put it?