Wesley Chapman
Occasional Visitor
Sooooooo, I thought I knew a lot about home networking until I found this site....
Way back in the 90's when I first got broadband and a 4 port router I couldn't imagine EVER using all four ports. Today I just ordered a TrendNet 24 port switch because I've outgrown the 4 ports on my router and the 8 ports on a switch and the 5 ports on another switch and have other devices to connect still.
My question relates to connecting all the devices. Should I connect everything to the switch and then utilize just one port on the router for the switch? Router is a Netgear WNDR4000 if that matters.
Way back in the 90's when I first got broadband and a 4 port router I couldn't imagine EVER using all four ports. Today I just ordered a TrendNet 24 port switch because I've outgrown the 4 ports on my router and the 8 ports on a switch and the 5 ports on another switch and have other devices to connect still.
My question relates to connecting all the devices. Should I connect everything to the switch and then utilize just one port on the router for the switch? Router is a Netgear WNDR4000 if that matters.