crazyboy515
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I am currently wiring my new house with Ethernet jacks (8+ jacks). I am using Comcast service.
First thing i did was
Modem->switch-> ethernet jack/netgear router
i noticed only one device will work. i did some research and found out the switch has to go through a router first to give out multiple IPs?(don't know how to say it )
i had an extra Linksys WRT54GL router laying around and i did:
Modem-> linksys router->Switch-> netgear router/ethernet jacks
and it works perfectly throughout the house, my main concern is, the modem is going through the Linksys router (had some problems before with this router) to all the ethernet jacks around the house. the linksys router is located in the basement (has poor signal) so i hooked up a netgear router on one of the Ethernet jacks. it works perfectly, but is it fine to run a setup like this, (going through 2 routers)? can i replace my linksys router with something else to give out multiple ips?
Modem-> suggestions?->switch->Ethernet jack
First thing i did was
Modem->switch-> ethernet jack/netgear router
i noticed only one device will work. i did some research and found out the switch has to go through a router first to give out multiple IPs?(don't know how to say it )
i had an extra Linksys WRT54GL router laying around and i did:
Modem-> linksys router->Switch-> netgear router/ethernet jacks
and it works perfectly throughout the house, my main concern is, the modem is going through the Linksys router (had some problems before with this router) to all the ethernet jacks around the house. the linksys router is located in the basement (has poor signal) so i hooked up a netgear router on one of the Ethernet jacks. it works perfectly, but is it fine to run a setup like this, (going through 2 routers)? can i replace my linksys router with something else to give out multiple ips?
Modem-> suggestions?->switch->Ethernet jack