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Posted by =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tom=E1s_=D3_h=C on March 29, 2008, 12:07 pm
Please log in for more thread options Since the boom in home broadband equipment, it's impossible to find proper networking devices on eBay. At the moment, I'm looking for a device which converges the following: 1) A router that will route from one Ethernet port to another, NOT from one Ethernet port to a phone line, NOT from one Ethernet port to a coax cable. 2) A switch, maybe four ports or so. 3) A wireless access point. If I type "wireless router" into eBay though, I get five bizzillion items that can only route from Ethernet port to phone line, or Ethernet port to coax cable. I can't for the life of me find a router that can route from Ethernet port to Ethernet port. My problem is as follows: I have a direct connection to the internet, i.e. my computer has a public IP address. Instead of taking the Ethernet cable from the wall and connecting it into my computer, I want to connect it into a router. On the LAN side of the router, all the nodes will have private IP addresses, and the router will perform NAT so that all the nodes can surf the web simultaneously. Also, I want the device to have a built-in switch and a built-in access point. If someone could please suggest the make and model for some cheap devices, I'd be appreciative. My ISP is offering one for $100 but I'm guessing I can get one cheaper off eBay... but first I need to know a make and model. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by News Reader on March 29, 2008, 12:19 pm
Please log in for more thread options built into them. If you buy a wireless router, you will have the wireless functionality you need. You claims of not being able to find a router with an Ethernet WAN port are absurd. I doubt there is a single computer store in the country that doesn't sell one. If you have a manufacturer in mind, visit their web site, determine the model number of a suitable product, and continue your search on eBay. Best Regards, News Reader Tomás Ó hÉilidhe wrote: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by P.Schuman on March 29, 2008, 12:54 pm
Please log in for more thread options Tomás Ó hÉilidhe wrote:
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> My problem is as follows: > > I have a direct connection to the internet, i.e. my computer has a > public IP address. Instead of taking the Ethernet cable from the wall > and connecting it into my computer, I want to connect it into a > router. sounds like a dorm at a school supplying an Ethernet jack in your room ? I think most readers of this thread are missing that point... But - like mentioned - almost all home routers have a WAN port for the Ethernet connection to the "outside world" - which would be your dorm jack. > On the LAN side of the router, all the nodes will have private
> IP addresses, and the router will perform NAT so that all the nodes > can surf the web simultaneously. Also, I want the device to have a > built-in switch and a built-in access point. > > If someone could please suggest the make and model for some cheap > devices, I'd be appreciative. My ISP is offering one for $100 but I'm > guessing I can get one cheaper off eBay... but first I need to know a > make and model. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by P.Schuman on March 29, 2008, 1:30 pm
Please log in for more thread options Tomás Ó hÉilidhe wrote:
> Since the boom in home broadband equipment, it's impossible to find
> proper networking devices on eBay. At the moment, I'm looking for a > device which converges the following: > > 1) A router that will route from one Ethernet port to another, NOT > from one Ethernet port to a phone line, NOT from one Ethernet port to > a coax cable. > 2) A switch, maybe four ports or so. > 3) A wireless access point. > > If I type "wireless router" into eBay though, I get five bizzillion > items that can only route from Ethernet port to phone line, or > Ethernet port to coax cable. I can't for the life of me find a router > that can route from Ethernet port to Ethernet port. > > My problem is as follows: > > I have a direct connection to the internet, i.e. my computer has a > public IP address. Instead of taking the Ethernet cable from the wall > and connecting it into my computer, I want to connect it into a > router. On the LAN side of the router, all the nodes will have private > IP addresses, and the router will perform NAT so that all the nodes > can surf the web simultaneously. Also, I want the device to have a > built-in switch and a built-in access point. > These educational lectures are starting to get boring.... We've gone from trying to splice ethernet cables together via a "splitter" to wanting a hub, to now wanting to install a router.... pc ----> router/access point -- Ethernet ----> DSL modem or Cable
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modem ---> ISP pc ----> router/access point ----> Ethernet wall jack ----> local LAN ?
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Posted by =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tom=E1s_=D3_h=C on March 29, 2008, 1:53 pm
Please log in for more thread options wrote:
> These educational lectures are starting to get boring....
Then get a hobby and don't waste your time responding. > pc ----> =A0router/access point -- Ethernet ----> DSL modem or Cable
> modem ---> ISP Yes I'm aware of this. What I'm looking for is a very simple, cheap router that has an Ethernet port for both LAN and WAN, but I'm finding it very difficult to find one because when I type "router" into eBay, 99% of the hits are home broadband devices that can't route out thru an Ethernet port. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
> proper networking devices on eBay. At the moment, I'm looking for a
> device which converges the following:
>
> 1) A router that will route from one Ethernet port to another, NOT
> from one Ethernet port to a phone line, NOT from one Ethernet port to
> a coax cable.
> 2) A switch, maybe four ports or so.
> 3) A wireless access point.
>
> If I type "wireless router" into eBay though, I get five bizzillion
> items that can only route from Ethernet port to phone line, or
> Ethernet port to coax cable. I can't for the life of me find a router
> that can route from Ethernet port to Ethernet port.
>
> My problem is as follows:
>
> I have a direct connection to the internet, i.e. my computer has a
> public IP address. Instead of taking the Ethernet cable from the wall
> and connecting it into my computer, I want to connect it into a
> router. On the LAN side of the router, all the nodes will have private
> IP addresses, and the router will perform NAT so that all the nodes
> can surf the web simultaneously. Also, I want the device to have a
> built-in switch and a built-in access point.
>
> If someone could please suggest the make and model for some cheap
> devices, I'd be appreciative. My ISP is offering one for $100 but I'm
> guessing I can get one cheaper off eBay... but first I need to know a
> make and model.