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ChrisK
Oct 22, 2014, 12:54:58 PM10/22/14
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dave wrote:
> I'd like to replace a Belkin N1 router (NAT home network that connects
> to virgin via their Super something ), with something that has at
> least 6 ports (rather than the 4 we currently have.
>
> Tried daisy chaining router-router and that works but I find it clumsy
> as have to check two router for settings.
> (PC's here are mainly W7 and a couple of Mints.)
>
> I like the N1 as it's easy to use and set up - and see what's going on
> with those illuminated symbols on the front. Having said that what
> would be nice(r) is to have some kind of control over bandwidth used
> on each port! Certain family users download files so large they
> trigger the Virgin throttlebank :-)
>
> Is there a suitable 6 port device someone can recommend as a
> replacement?
> tia
>
Add a switch?
eg
http://www.ebuyer.com/259797-tp-link-tl-sf1005d-5-port-10-100-switch-tl-sf1005d
Chris K
> I'd like to replace a Belkin N1 router (NAT home network that connects
> to virgin via their Super something ), with something that has at
> least 6 ports (rather than the 4 we currently have.
>
> Tried daisy chaining router-router and that works but I find it clumsy
> as have to check two router for settings.
> (PC's here are mainly W7 and a couple of Mints.)
>
> I like the N1 as it's easy to use and set up - and see what's going on
> with those illuminated symbols on the front. Having said that what
> would be nice(r) is to have some kind of control over bandwidth used
> on each port! Certain family users download files so large they
> trigger the Virgin throttlebank :-)
>
> Is there a suitable 6 port device someone can recommend as a
> replacement?
> tia
>
Add a switch?
eg
http://www.ebuyer.com/259797-tp-link-tl-sf1005d-5-port-10-100-switch-tl-sf1005d
Chris K
Simon Finnigan
Oct 22, 2014, 1:26:58 PM10/22/14
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dave <da...@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> I'd like to replace a Belkin N1 router (NAT home network that connects
> to virgin via their Super something ), with something that has at
> least 6 ports (rather than the 4 we currently have.
>
> Tried daisy chaining router-router and that works but I find it clumsy
> as have to check two router for settings.
> (PC's here are mainly W7 and a couple of Mints.)
>
> I like the N1 as it's easy to use and set up - and see what's going on
> with those illuminated symbols on the front. Having said that what
> would be nice(r) is to have some kind of control over bandwidth used
> on each port! Certain family users download files so large they
> trigger the Virgin throttlebank :-)
>
> Is there a suitable 6 port device someone can recommend as a
> replacement?
> tia
I don't remember ever seeing a 6 port router. Best bet would be to add a
> I'd like to replace a Belkin N1 router (NAT home network that connects
> to virgin via their Super something ), with something that has at
> least 6 ports (rather than the 4 we currently have.
>
> Tried daisy chaining router-router and that works but I find it clumsy
> as have to check two router for settings.
> (PC's here are mainly W7 and a couple of Mints.)
>
> I like the N1 as it's easy to use and set up - and see what's going on
> with those illuminated symbols on the front. Having said that what
> would be nice(r) is to have some kind of control over bandwidth used
> on each port! Certain family users download files so large they
> trigger the Virgin throttlebank :-)
>
> Is there a suitable 6 port device someone can recommend as a
> replacement?
> tia
switch to your network - extra ports, no extra messing about. Just connect
it to one of the ports on your router and plug it in, then plug devices
into the switch. Dead easy.
Lee
Oct 22, 2014, 5:13:45 PM10/22/14
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On 22/10/2014 17:39, dave wrote:
> I'd like to replace a Belkin N1 router (NAT home network that connects
> to virgin via their Super something ), with something that has at
> least 6 ports (rather than the 4 we currently have.
>
> Tried daisy chaining router-router and that works but I find it clumsy
> as have to check two router for settings.
> (PC's here are mainly W7 and a couple of Mints.)
>
> I like the N1 as it's easy to use and set up - and see what's going on
> with those illuminated symbols on the front. Having said that what
> would be nice(r) is to have some kind of control over bandwidth used
> on each port! Certain family users download files so large they
> trigger the Virgin throttlebank :-)
>
> Is there a suitable 6 port device someone can recommend as a
> replacement?
> tia
>
First hit on Google is a Dlink dir-632 8 port router, which can also run
> I'd like to replace a Belkin N1 router (NAT home network that connects
> to virgin via their Super something ), with something that has at
> least 6 ports (rather than the 4 we currently have.
>
> Tried daisy chaining router-router and that works but I find it clumsy
> as have to check two router for settings.
> (PC's here are mainly W7 and a couple of Mints.)
>
> I like the N1 as it's easy to use and set up - and see what's going on
> with those illuminated symbols on the front. Having said that what
> would be nice(r) is to have some kind of control over bandwidth used
> on each port! Certain family users download files so large they
> trigger the Virgin throttlebank :-)
>
> Is there a suitable 6 port device someone can recommend as a
> replacement?
> tia
>
DD-WRT.
Whether it meets your requirements of per-port throttling I have no
idea, though I suspect you would have to pay rather more money for a
product that is designed to do that....
As the others have said, just buy a 4 or 8 port switch :)
Daniel James
Oct 23, 2014, 9:54:24 AM10/23/14
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In article
<648028612435691508.518319...@news.individual.net
http://www.draytek.co.uk/products/business/vigor-2860
f'rinstance.
Nice piece of kit, too.
However, I agree that the OP would probably be better off investing in
a low-cost ethernet switch.
--
Cheers,
Daniel.
<648028612435691508.518319...@news.individual.net
>, Simon Finnigan wrote:
> I don't remember ever seeing a 6 port router.
Oh, they exist.
> I don't remember ever seeing a 6 port router.
http://www.draytek.co.uk/products/business/vigor-2860
f'rinstance.
Nice piece of kit, too.
However, I agree that the OP would probably be better off investing in
a low-cost ethernet switch.
--
Cheers,
Daniel.
Simon Finnigan
Oct 23, 2014, 12:48:39 PM10/23/14
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we really wants best.
Johny B Good
Oct 23, 2014, 8:42:41 PM10/23/14
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On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 22:13:40 +0100, Lee <cyber...@ukonline.net>
wrote:
The only practical way to impose your own traffic management, if the
facility exists in the router firmware or DD-WRT, would be to apply it
against the MAC address of the relevent PC's ethernet port.
Of course, this presumes the PC user doesn't get wise and use the
cmos config to allocate another MAC address but, I suppose, you could
probably restrict internet access by whitelisting individual PC's MAC
addresses. It all rather depends on the sophistication of the router's
firmware.
--
J B Good
wrote:
facility exists in the router firmware or DD-WRT, would be to apply it
against the MAC address of the relevent PC's ethernet port.
Of course, this presumes the PC user doesn't get wise and use the
cmos config to allocate another MAC address but, I suppose, you could
probably restrict internet access by whitelisting individual PC's MAC
addresses. It all rather depends on the sophistication of the router's
firmware.
--
J B Good
Bob H
Oct 24, 2014, 3:23:20 PM10/24/14
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switch, then later I added another 8 port switch, of which 4 ports are
POE, which is why I wanted it.
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