As an un-paid tester for some Windows LAN product, they tell me to get a switch and quit using a router.
So today at Goodwill (where else?), I spy a Netgear GS605, gigabit home switch. $4.00!
Truth be told, I don't know a thing about switches. I don't think there's any concept of DCHP, but on the other hand my main router I've entered the recent pogoplug's MAC address to enable address reservation.
The biggest question I really have though, if say, 3 computers with Gigabit are hooked into the switch, and switch has cable going to 100Mbps DSL modem, will whatever's plugged into the switch still be Gigabit? Like:
Gigabit Computer 1----\
Gigabit Computer 2----\
Gigabit Computer 3 > Gigabit Switch supporting large frames>-------> Gigabit Router no large frames-> 100Mbit DSL modem --> Internet
Pogoplug plugs into Switch or router -----------------/
Bit off more than i can chew there... lol Netgear manual isn't very comprehensive however and they show a schema where an 1. Apple G4 and 2. PC with Gigabit - are plugged into the switch, and one connection goes from the switch to a 100MBit router.
I thought... what about Pogo? Can you tell Pogo to assign itself one IP?
So today at Goodwill (where else?), I spy a Netgear GS605, gigabit home switch. $4.00!
Truth be told, I don't know a thing about switches. I don't think there's any concept of DCHP, but on the other hand my main router I've entered the recent pogoplug's MAC address to enable address reservation.
The biggest question I really have though, if say, 3 computers with Gigabit are hooked into the switch, and switch has cable going to 100Mbps DSL modem, will whatever's plugged into the switch still be Gigabit? Like:
Gigabit Computer 1----\
Gigabit Computer 2----\
Gigabit Computer 3 > Gigabit Switch supporting large frames>-------> Gigabit Router no large frames-> 100Mbit DSL modem --> Internet
Pogoplug plugs into Switch or router -----------------/
Bit off more than i can chew there... lol Netgear manual isn't very comprehensive however and they show a schema where an 1. Apple G4 and 2. PC with Gigabit - are plugged into the switch, and one connection goes from the switch to a 100MBit router.
I thought... what about Pogo? Can you tell Pogo to assign itself one IP?