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by T568B
Mon Feb 17, 2014 11:07 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Do I need a router AND a switch ?
Replies: 6
Views: 2345

Re: Do I need a router AND a switch ?

If you you only need that many ports than the 2011 would work fine. If you want more gigabit ports look at the crs. I run the crs at home. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk Thank you very much! After all I've got a CRS125 too, just because it was on stock. My affection to this proud lady was not...
by T568B
Mon Feb 17, 2014 11:00 am
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Do I need a router AND a switch ?
Replies: 6
Views: 2345

Re: Do I need a router AND a switch ?

doesn't ANY router work as a switch too? No..many routers do not handle L2 switching. Most enterprise and service provider edge routers from Cisco and Juniper only do L3 Thank you very much for your clarification! After all on friday I bought a CRS125 - finally just because it was on stock. This we...
by T568B
Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:26 pm
Forum: Beginner Basics
Topic: Do I need a router AND a switch ?
Replies: 6
Views: 2345

Do I need a router AND a switch ?

Hi, I am a beginner and I would appreciate a few tips :-) I want to split my home network into different vlans. The idea is to seperate the computers of my kids, the wlan, the WD media player and some squeezeboxes from my pc. All data is stored on a NAS, equipped with one Gigabit Ethernet NIC. A goo...