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Old January 3rd 18, 03:37 AM posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Char Jackson
Tue, 02 Jan 2018
05:09:31 GMT in alt.windows7.general, wrote:

On Mon, 01 Jan 2018 21:37:00 -0500, Paul
wrote:

You can buy single port routers, such as the BEFSR41 years ago.
It had one WAN port and one LAN port.


You're thinking of the BEFSR11 ;-)
The BEFSR41 had a WAN port and 4 LAN ports. (The clue is in the
model number, 11 versus 41.)


I've still got two of the 4port editions. [g] And a Cisco es1500.
Nice little router, dated mind you, but rather nice.

I used to own examples of both.

When I had the BEFSR11, I connected an Ethernet switch to the LAN
port so that I could connect all of the PCs. Actually, though the
BEFSR11 and 41 are long gone, to this day I always connect an
Ethernet switch to a LAN port and all of the PCs connect to the
switch. That way the LAN stays up when the router has to be
rebooted.


Hahah! Same here.

cable to router/ single line coming from router to switch (8port
gigabit), computers tied to switch. So the LAN stays online even if
the cable or router itself goes out. That way, if i'm moving files
around or something and need to reboot cable or the router, I don't
interrupt the file xfer(s) in progress. It also makes troubleshooting
WAN side connectivity issues a little quicker. As it has to either be
the router or the cable modem if the computers see each other. [g]

And it's easy enough to see which it is, cable or router by
attempting to talk to them seperately. For me, I've noticed if I have
to restart the router, it won't bring up the login page for me. And
if the cable needs a kick in the ass, once I release the IP from
inside the router, it can't renew one.






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