Putting everything on the switch and running a cable to the router is exactly what I meant to say.
These things happen when you mix toddler + pregnant wife + prepping for inlaws visting for Christmas. --------------------------- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Zulfiqar Naushad <[email protected]> wrote: > No. Not the uplink port but rather any one of those 3 ports. > > So you will have 2 devices directly on the apple router. 1 port from the > router to the switch and 1 device to the switch giving you 6 more open ports > on the router. > > I say put everything on the switch and just a cable from the switch to the > apple router. > > Performance should be a bit better since they are all on the single switch > fabric. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 20, 2009, at 8:56 PM, Brian Weeden <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm a bit sleep deprived this morning and wanted to make sure I'm clear on >> something which is probably a "duh" question. >> >> I have more than 3 ethernet devices in my home theater rack and right now >> my >> router is an Airport Extreme which only has 3 ethernet ports. I can just >> add something like an 8-port Gigabit ethernet swtich, put the router on >> the >> uplink port, and presto, I'm all good, right? Or am I missing something >> stupid? >> >> --------------------------- >> Brian Weeden >> Technical Advisor >> Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> >> >> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada >> +1 (202) 683-8534 US >> >
