Lewis Moon wrote: > OK, second (third?) dumb question du jour: Do I run the cable to the > router or to the CPU?
It depends. The best way is to buy a "switch", they are cheap and you can get them at BestBuy, Microcenter, etc. Get a four port switch to start. Put the switch next to your router, wherever that is. Mine is in the basement. Connect the router to the switch, your computer to the switch, and your SqueezeBoxes to the switch. When you buy more computers or more SqueezeBoxes, you may need to get a 8 port switch. Or more. I'm up to 24 ports. With this setup, you can just add stuff by plugging it into the switch. You can even add a WiFi Access Point. I perfer not using the cable company's router/modem as my only firewall and wifi setup. I run from the router/modem to a real firewall, and then to a switch, which has my WAP and wires to the rest of the house. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
