[Leaplist] Improving my network

[Kevin Korb]

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That looks like a pretty good access point.  I may upgrade to an N
access point at some point and that one looks like a good choice.

Note however that an access point is not a router.  It will not route
traffic between the ethernet and the wireless it will bridge between
them.  This is however what you want if you want your wireless devices
to be on the same LAN or if you want to connect it directly to a router
like I do.

I personally prefer to keep network components separate.  I have a
wireless access point instead of a wireless router.  That access point
connects directly to my router which is where the routing between my
LAN, wireless, and internet all happens.  My router is a low cost low
power consumption (Atom based) PC with 3 ethernet ports on it running
OpenBSD (yes, Linux works too).

For the network switch don't skimp.  A good managed switch has more
performance and more features than an unmanaged switch.  I would highly
recommend my HP ProCurve 1800-24G switch however it appears to have been
replaced by the 1810G-24 which I haven't seen in person yet.

Note that having 100Mbit devices on your network will not prevent you
from having gig-e devices on it (though it does prevent you from using
jumbo frames.  I have 2 10Mbit devices on my LAN and that doesn't affect
performance at all.

If you decide against using the AP I will take it ;)

On 03/29/10 17:58, Damien McKenna wrote:
> I've just been informed that I'm going to receive a D-Link DAP-2553. 
> This is a "business"-grade single-channel 802.11n/g A/P device that has
> good received good reviews, e.g.
> http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/31078-d-link-dap-2553-airpremier-n-dual-band-poe-access-point-reviewed
> 
> 
> The specific devices I have that I wish to attach include:
> * iPhone, 11g (local media playback, improved network connection vs 3G
> data service)
> * Laptop(s), 11n
> * Desktop, gig-ethernet
> * Wii, 100mbit ethernet (software updates, downloads)
> * Synology NAS, gig-ethernet (awesome Linux-based NAS)
> 
> Along with the DAP-2553 I also have a Linksys WRT54G with 11g and five
> 100mbit ports.
> 
> What I'd like to do is upgrade the network with either:
> 
> * Separate low-end firewall
> * Separate gig-e switch
> 
> or
> 
> * gig-e wired router
> 
> What are good options to boost the network speed to gig-e without having
> the 100mbit devices drop the overall speed?  Or should I scrap them all
> and just get a multi-band 11n / gig-e home router?
> 
> Thanks.
> 

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