NAS and PC's? Let me get this right: You have a NAS connected to the switch. Also, a cable connects to the router. When you remove the switch and connect the NAS to the router, which is connected to the PC/laptop then your able to access the NAS and get...

To Router} //Assigned seperate IP | Router: Internet Port: {From Switch} Port 1-3: Other Computers Port 4 (uplink I believe): empty Roughly I have my internet connected to switch, with the router and computer on the switch...both of which...

Router connected to a switch. How does it work?. Archived from groups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet () OK, Here is my current setup so you will better be able to understand/answer my question. I currently have a cable modem, connected to a D-Link Cable/DSL...

do they pretty much seem the same?. Someone give me a quick explanation between a router and a switch, according to what they do they pretty much seem the same? Router connects dissimilar networks (2 networks); allows routing of IPs. Switches can switch between...

that connects to a modem, but my friend said I could just get a 4-port router and then having a switch connecting it, that way is cheaper. I am not sure if this works. i.e. 4 pc connect to a router, and 3 pc connect to a switch which connects to the router....

room's computer. I disconnected the router to move it somewhere else and now it won't work even though the cables and the devices remained the same. So I gave up on the router and connected my switch to the modem and now my win7 computer can access the internet,...

laptop, and the Mac worked fine - it connected to the router, obtained DHCP, etc. So obviously, the problem lies with WinXP or the PC. The router also didn't see the WinXP PC, but did see the Mac. I then hooked up a powered ethernet switch (the PC was the only...

a router and hook it up like the Sonicwall or do I get a router and connect a switch to it and hook all the 4 computers to the switch (which I have been led to believe that a switch is faster than a router). Or do I do it a different way. I am thinking about...

Router Blew Out, Some Computers Connect Through Switch But Not All. I recently went away for the weekend and when I returned home, my dad did SOMETHING to our router that caused it to blow out. Now his computer and my mom's Macbook currently connect up through...

directly to 9 workstations, in addition to “Jaret’s” hub and a linksys router. This router has 2 workstations connected to it. Jaret’s hub has 6 workstations, and yet another router connected to it. This final router connects to 2 workstations and...