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Siuko · 14-06-2011, 17:41

Well your BT router might go into the server IF your server is doing something special...

If your server was some sort of content or proxy server it possibly would work that way...

What sort of BT router is it? Many newer routers are small switches themselves which could just be plugged into the main switch... and as you say make the BT router the default gateway.

Some old routers (well the adsl modem's anyway) had to have a computer to be hosted on.

Hopefully you will have a newer one that can act as a default gateway.. and hopefully your network is setup so all computers only require a default gateway for internet access (rather than a proxy/firewall etc)

14-06-2011, 17:41	#7
Siuko Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Derby, UK Posts: 63	Re: Patch Panel/ Switch Well your BT router might go into the server IF your server is doing something special... If your server was some sort of content or proxy server it possibly would work that way... What sort of BT router is it? Many newer routers are small switches themselves which could just be plugged into the main switch... and as you say make the BT router the default gateway. Some old routers (well the adsl modem's anyway) had to have a computer to be hosted on. Hopefully you will have a newer one that can act as a default gateway.. and hopefully your network is setup so all computers only require a default gateway for internet access (rather than a proxy/firewall etc)