In theory that'd work like a hub, in practice... i'd not friggin do it :)
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 07:45:00PM -0500, DSinc wrote:
> Zool,
> I know this suggestion is going to get blasted, but; why not just get a
> 2N1 RJ45 connector and allow 2 separate output feeds from your DSL
> Modem? Or, does your DSL Modem also have other ports?
> My last DSL Router was 1 line in and 1 line out. That line OUT went to
> my router.
> My LAN was below/beyond my router. But then, I only do 'wired' LAN for
> my clients; and, the only
> user is myself. JMHO.
> Duncan
>
>
> On 01/05/2012 14:33, Naushad Zulfiqar wrote:
> > I run ADSL at home. I used to use a all in one gateway, but I had issues,
> > so I bought a DSL modem and a router only.
> >
> > Now, I have further split my network out into the following:
> >
> > DSL Modem<============= WRT54GL (Running Tomato for
> > Routing)<============ASUS RTN-56U acting as an Access Point only.
> >
> > Right now, the WRT54GL is dishing out the DHCP stuff and doing the QOS and
> > what not. I haven't really had any problems, but beofre introducing the
> > WRT54GL, I had just the ASUS RTN-56U and things were fine also. But I have
> > noticed a bit more improvement in congested situations (i.e. lots of people
> > torrenting, youtube and browsing) due to the superior QOS in Tomato.
> >
> > So my question is:
> >
> > Is there tangible merit in the above method? Or should I scrap the WRT54GL
> > and keep just the ASUS RTN-56U?
> >
> > Thanks as always for the help.
> >
> >
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Bryan G. Seitz
