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A Linksys router with a switch cascaded off a downlink port would do the
trick just fine. Using a switch instead of a hub will speed up the
configuration even further. I use a similar arrangement on my home network
sans the extra switch, and things work quite nicely. Just avoid buying a
Netgear router, since they still can't build a decent product.
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From: "gary tennesen" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 4:06 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [PCBUILD] 11 station network
> Hey gang!
>
> I just got a new client who is running an Instagate firewall server.
>
> He has static DSL service and the Instagate is slowing things down for
> internet connectivity. The software renewal is PRICEY, too. Content
> filtering isn't really a problem at this office so the software is not
> necessary.
>
> Can't I replace that thing with a simple 4-port router/firewall where I
> run the DSL into WAN port and a cat-5 to the uplink or port 1 of the
> 20-port hub; thus, eliminating the need for the Instagate? Seems to me I
> had a configuration years ago with a Cayman modem running to a Linksys
> router to the 12-port hub and never had any problems. The Internet was
> faster there, too.
>
> please advise.
>
> running a windows 2003 server (PDC) and 12 workstations that spend 80
> percent of the time using a DOS-like database and 20 percent ordering
> inventory from the Internet. Connections are cat-5 wire (gigabit) to a
> 24-port Netgear hub (and of course the DSL uplinks to the Instagate to the
> netgear).
>
>
> gary r. tennesen
> [log in to unmask]
>
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