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More than 4 ports in a wireless gateway / router

I am looking for a wireless / wired router that has more than 4 ports (anyware from 5-8 would be ideal). I plug my cable modem into the Belkin gateway, and both linksys units, and 2 computers into the Belkin. I KNOW I can us the uplink port, but I am having little luck having my Belkin gateway, linksys wireless router, and linksys switch to play together nicely. My old wireless is B only, and I want to upgrade to G, and get rid of the rats nest of cables. Is there a gateway out there for me??

Gene

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esbaylus
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Why not just cascade a cheap 4- or 5-port switch or hub?

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John Navas

BEFSR81 linksys 8 port router, and add a wifi-G acccess point which you can easily locate for best wireless signal

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bumtracks

Don't bother - just buy an eight-port switch, and plug it into one of the LAN ports on the router. Voila, eleven usable ports.

Very odd - I have a couple of noname switches (the 4-porter may be a linksys, the 8-porter may be a 3com, I really can't be a*sed to lift floorpanels to check), an old actiontec wireless router acting as an AP in the garden, a couple of wired print servers and an SMC wireless router acting as the gateway and main wireless AP for the house, and it all works fine. Mark McIntyre

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Mark McIntyre

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