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 Member 907 Level 22.05 Mar 2006 
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You could just keep your WRT54G and spend a lot less money on a switch. You will see no difference in performance.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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Member 907 Level 22.05 Mar 2006
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You don't really need to know the details of switching and routing, just that a Switch is for connecting computers together in a Local Area Network (your home), and a Router is for connecting a Local Network to a Wide Area Network (The Internet).
In your case, you have a WRT54G router with integrated four-port switch. The switch part of your router (in combination with the wireless part) create a local network consisting of all your computers and game systems (or whatever else is plugged into it). The router portion allows the entire network to access the internet. Switches are designed to be connected together in a tree-like fashion to build a larger local network. One switch at the root of the tree (built into your router), cascading out to other switches with no closed loops. By plugging a Switch into your router, you are simply adding another branch to this tree. EDIT: I should also clarify that it will actually say "Switch" on the box when you buy the thing. DO NOT BUY A "HUB". Hubs are outdated ways of making a local network larger. The more things you plug into a hub, the slower your network will be. How ya doing, buddy?
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Last edited by Fleshy Fun-Bridge; Jan 12, 2007 at 05:25 PM.
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Member 907 Level 22.05 Mar 2006
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Unmanaged consumer switches aren't very complicated pieces of hardware; just about any vendor will offer a product that will function well enough.
I recommend getting a 10/100 switch, unless you have two computers with Gigabit NICs and plan on transferring a lot of data between them. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
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