Timeline for Expanding our home network
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| Aug 12, 2011 at 22:19 | history | edited | Gareth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 12, 2010 at 23:29 | comment | added | jonfhancock | I don't think you will have that problem. You should be just fine. If you are genuinely concerned about it, you could upgrade to a router running DD-WRT (a custom Linux firmware). I use these Buffalo routers extensively. They've been rock solid for me. newegg.com/Product/…-33-162-134--Product | |
| Jan 12, 2010 at 19:45 | vote | accept | dirtside | ||
| Jan 12, 2010 at 19:44 | comment | added | dirtside | This is more or less what I had in mind; the only question at this point is whether the wireless router we have now (DI-524) can deal with having numerous machines off a single port. I read through the entire manual and didn't see any limitation on how many IPs it's willing to send through that port, but I can't think of any reason why it would particularly care. My wife admin'd a small business network and they had a problem where you couldn't request more than 4 IPs through a single port on a router or it would blow up, but that was ten years ago. | |
| Jan 12, 2010 at 7:14 | comment | added | ridogi | +1 A separate switch is definitely the answer, and I would recommend the Netgear as well. | |
| Jan 12, 2010 at 6:43 | comment | added | Scott McClenning | I agree with the diagram above. I would keep the wired and wireless separate because when 802.11n goes the way of 802.11b, you don't want to depend on finding an 8/16 port wireless router. Also, this way the wireless router can be placed farther from the patch panel only using two cables. Lastly, if Gb switches go the way of 10B2 you can get the new 10Gb switch without needing to find the wireless part. If you need better wireless coverage, you can always add access points or use some powerline adapters with WiFi ends to get range from the router. | |
| Jan 12, 2010 at 6:23 | history | answered | jonfhancock | CC BY-SA 2.5 |