- Dec 13, 2000
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I am Finally upgrading my home network from Buffalo WHR-HP-G54. My new main router will be the Asus rt-ac66u. I am being super picky over details of optimal placement, to optimize signals/bandwidth.
In basement, I have cable modem and a Vonage box, then a cat6 wire through the ceiling to Entertainment center on the first floor, where Asus will be mounted, then cat6 back to the basement to an 8 port gigabit unmanaged switch (TRENDnet 8-Port Unmanaged Gigabit GREENnet Desktop Metal Housing Switch, TEG-S80g) then cat 6 to my gaming PC and a HTPC)
Am I asking for trouble putting the switch between my main PC and the ASUS router? I was planning on having the asus acting as the DHCP server, in place of the Buffalo. Will the unmanaged switch interfere in some way?
Will I be able to set up the asus from my main PC (through the switch).
Thanks for any advice you can offer.
In basement, I have cable modem and a Vonage box, then a cat6 wire through the ceiling to Entertainment center on the first floor, where Asus will be mounted, then cat6 back to the basement to an 8 port gigabit unmanaged switch (TRENDnet 8-Port Unmanaged Gigabit GREENnet Desktop Metal Housing Switch, TEG-S80g) then cat 6 to my gaming PC and a HTPC)
Am I asking for trouble putting the switch between my main PC and the ASUS router? I was planning on having the asus acting as the DHCP server, in place of the Buffalo. Will the unmanaged switch interfere in some way?
Will I be able to set up the asus from my main PC (through the switch).
Thanks for any advice you can offer.
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