Adding a switch/hub to Linksys WRT54GS

videodj · 25-01-2007, 10:59

Hi

Can any one tell me if it's possible to add a switch/ hub to the WRT54GS Router?

Dave

handyman · 25-01-2007, 11:17

Yeah no problem at all, I would go for a switch over a hub if possible as this will help distribute your internal bandwidth better.

videodj · 25-01-2007, 11:29

Thanks, I currently have a switch and belkin router, just looking for a replacement router and needed to know if my switch would work.

Dave.

handyman · 25-01-2007, 11:43

I run at work a bt 2 wire wireless modem router (with wireless and dhcp disabled) through an isa server to a 3com wireless router which feeds a 16 port switch and a 8 port switch.

All works fine. Have tried it with a hub in as well to split a connection to run a network printer and that worked well too.

MovedGoalPosts · 25-01-2007, 12:07

At our clan's Lan parties we've successfully daisy chained switches and hubs off a single router to establish a network for some 20 PCs. Thus the router provides the DHCP settings for everything. In my case the router was a simple Linksys WRT54G. I'm sure we've used a Netgear router elsewhere too. Indeed most routers should be capable.

We could have used just the one switch with loads of ports, but the many switches reduced the number of long ethernet cables you needed. Most switches are now sufficiently intelligent that you don't even need to tell them which one is an uplink to the next switch / router - they do that themselves.

Feenix · 27-01-2007, 05:22

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Jon T · 27-01-2007, 10:19

From what I can remember from my CISCO training, you shouldn't daisy chain more that three switches due to latency issues.

From what i've seen over the past few years, you'd struggle to buy a plain dumb hub, most of the devices marketed as hubs are switches, probably due to the fact that more people understand the hub than switch.