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popper · 05-01-2008, 01:17

make sure that old router is infact a router and not a switch.

the difference is a router has an ip address and a CPU inside that as you might expect, routes the WAN side port traffic that connects to the VM-CM in your case, to and from the LAN ports on its LAN side that gives out valid LAN IPs to any connected devices you have connected for instance.

wereas as a switch is passive and has no CPU to run these apps, its for plugiing into a routers LAN ports and expanding these LAN side ports for adding more devices, common for older devices that have only 1 WAN port and 1 LAN side port for instance, tell us the exact model of router you have and we can tell you if it is infact a router or switch...

05-01-2008, 01:17	#10
popper Inactive Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,270	Re: Trying to get on XBL with Virgin Media Set Top Box Modem. HELP!!!! make sure that old router is infact a router and not a switch. the difference is a router has an ip address and a CPU inside that as you might expect, routes the WAN side port traffic that connects to the VM-CM in your case, to and from the LAN ports on its LAN side that gives out valid LAN IPs to any connected devices you have connected for instance. wereas as a switch is passive and has no CPU to run these apps, its for plugiing into a routers LAN ports and expanding these LAN side ports for adding more devices, common for older devices that have only 1 WAN port and 1 LAN side port for instance, tell us the exact model of router you have and we can tell you if it is infact a router or switch...