Mark Lanctot Wrote: > > > Who knows...my understanding is this is a limitation of the Microsoft > software that controls the network. >
That's quite an old link. This link http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/evaluate/wrlsxp.mspx makes it clear that 11g networks are also fine as far as windows is concerned, and that WPA and WPA2 are also ok. > > > > Most of the documentation I've seen for Linksys switches is that > there's an "uplink" port, usually shared with port 5. You could > connect the modem here. You'd get none of the niceties of a router > (security, DHCP, web page configuration, re-assignable IP address) but > it should work. > > I don't know if it's true for all modems, but mine can handle NAT > routing and DHCP. If it didn't and I used a switch instead of a > router, I suppose I could go with a set of static IPs for all the > devices. > > I didn't want to leave the impression that a switch or a hub is the > right way to go, and I hope it's worded to sway people away from it. Not all modems are also routers - granted that most are, but I do know that the cheapo modems that come with some broadband services here are not. Ceejay -- ceejay ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23604 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
