Need a Router

TruckerT · Post by **TruckerT** » Sat Sep 27, 2003 1:36 am

I am looking for a router with 8 Lan ports at 10/100 and the WAN input port also at 10/100. I can find several 8 port routers, but the WAN side is only 10, not 10/100. Anybody have any hot tips for me????

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sat Sep 27, 2003 9:31 am

Only way I know of, using two devices.

Router...Sonicwall
1x WAN, 1X WAN...just like most every seriousl SOHO/Enterprise router. You'll notice routers with built in switches are mostly home/entry SOHO. Get to nice honking routers....and it's 1x WAN, 1x LAN. Both 10/100.

Switch...of your choice for the uplink LAN side of router.

TruckerT · Post by **TruckerT** » Sat Sep 27, 2003 9:44 am

Thanks, Stonecat. I am now quite confused. What I want to do is have all the computers on my LAN (7 at present and counting) running 10/100 with no bottlenecks to the internet. How do I do that?

j79zlr · Post by **j79zlr** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 5:21 pm

This doesn't make sense. Unless you have a T3 line to your house, the limit is not going to be the router, it is going to be your connection speed. If it is OOL (10000 down) then a router with a 10Mbit WAN side will still be able to handle it. All 7 PCs are not going to be able to use full bandwith each, they will share your entire bandwith across all 7.

joecool169 · Post by **joecool169** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 5:34 pm

Yeah it says in your profile that your connection is DSL so unless you have some amazing plan the bottleneck will be your caps......anyhow another nice option for what you want is to build the router and then buy a nice switch, here is a linky

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 8:22 pm

Originally posted by TruckerT
Thanks, Stonecat. I am now quite confused. What I want to do is have all the computers on my LAN (7 at present and counting) running 10/100 with no bottlenecks to the internet. How do I do that?

Think of the fastest broadband connection you can get to your house....average cable or DSL is 1.5 megs down. Some are around 3.0 megs down. High speed business DSL is 6 megs down, and a handful of Optimum Online users have 10 megs down. All realistically benchmark slower than the advertised speeds. As you can see...a 10 meg WAN port on your router isn't the bottleneck.