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This is that little wonder box that plugs into your ISP (Internet Service Provider) that makes you your own network, and is the gateway to the Internet. The following are things to be aware of: | This is that little wonder box that plugs into your ISP (Internet Service Provider) that makes you your own network, and is the gateway to the Internet. The following are things to be aware of: | ||
- | * That router from 10+ years ago is probably not capable or worthy of your upstream internet connection. The internet has gotten much faster, your internet provider has probably gotten much faster and that box could use an upgrade. For not much money (often less than $100) a modern high speed router will make everything much faster and give you options for control. | + | * That router from 10+ years ago is probably not capable or worthy of your upstream internet connection. The internet has gotten much faster, your internet provider has probably gotten much faster, and that box could use an upgrade. For not much money (almost always |
- | * If you have a modern router, you may have options to enable/ | + | * If you have a modern router, you may have options to enable/ |
- | * **Double-Nat-ing** is a crime. Though shalt not double | + | * **Double-Natting** is a crime. Though shalt not chain two or more routers. Yes, it kinda works... badly. If you are doing this to extend your WiFi coverage, the answer is to turn the secondary (and tertiary) systems into Access Points, which is usually one or two clicks |
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====Switch/ | ====Switch/ | ||
- | This is what plugs all of your ethernet devices together. Some router/ | + | This is what plugs all of your ethernet devices together. Some router/ |
+ | Lets look at the hit list: | ||
- | * Is it a 10/100 device from ages past? Time to upgrade. Modern computers and even streaming video from the internet can use enough bandwidth and packets to turn these into Zombies. Upgrade. Rule of thumb: if you need 8 ports now, buy a 16. Need 16, get a 24 port.. You will need more ports and daisy chaining switches when not needed will slow things | + | * Is it a 10/100 device from ages past? Time to upgrade. Modern computers and even streaming video from the internet can use enough bandwidth and packets to turn these into Zombies. Upgrade. Rule of thumb: if you need 8 ports now, buy a 16. Need 16, get a 24 port.. You will need more ports, and daisy-chaining switches when not needed will slow your network |
* Are all the traffic lights on your switch blinking rapidly all the time? You may have some network traffic issues, or not enough switch. | * Are all the traffic lights on your switch blinking rapidly all the time? You may have some network traffic issues, or not enough switch. | ||
- | * Does you network sometimes go nuts, and rebooting (unplugging and plugging back in) your switch cause it to work again? Look at your switch square in the blinky lights and consider an upgrade, Not sure? Talk to your local networking geek. Tell them what you have, if he/ | + | * Does you network sometimes go nuts, and rebooting (unplugging and plugging back in) your switch cause it to work again? Look at your switch square in its blinky lights and consider an upgrade. Not sure? Talk to your local networking geek. Tell them what you have and if he/ |
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