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[Tomexx]

Hi,
I've had my DNS-323 for few years now connected directly to my router in the basement. All is good.

However I want to move my router upstairs to get a better wireless signal BUT would like to keep the DNS-323 in the basement. So here's what I'm thinking:

Can I connect the DNS-323 to an ethernet switch and the switch to a router? There would be 2 other devices on the switch as well:

Wifi Router----------Eth.switch
                                       |---------------DNS323
                                       |---------------PC
                                       |---------------IP phone

OR does the DNS-323 have to have its own IP address and therefore be on a separate line from the router?

Thanks,
Tom

[JavaLawyer]

Your design is perfectly sound. In fact, placing the DNS-323 and other PCs accessing the DNS-323 on a switch is preferable to reduce traffic through the router. The router will still assign a unique IP address to the DNS-323 although the DNS-323 is indirectly connected to the router via a switch.

[Tomexx]

Thanks for telling me what I wanted to hear 

Also, would it make more sense to add another ethernet switch to the router to have other devices connected to the switch instead of having them connected to the router itself?

Wifi Router
       |    |----------Eth.switch 1
       |                     |---------------DNS323
       |                     |---------------PC
       |                     |---------------IP phone
       |
       |----------Eth.switch 2
                             |---------------TV
                             |---------------Media player

OR I could connect the TV & Media player to the other ports of the router itself

Tom

[FurryNutz]

You can add additional switches, both to the back of the router or daisy change them as well.

I recommend connecting lower bandwidth hogging devices to the switches, and devices that use more bandwidth, connect them directly to the back of the router or on a switch that is mainly used for high bandwidth Internet connections. Try to separate higher traffic devices from lower traffic if possible.

Heres my set up:
ISP Modem>Router->24pt Switch<>All wired devices here. PCs, Boxee Box and File Server.
                         -><xbox gaming consoles wired to back of the router. I could put the boxee here however we don't do a lot of Internet streaming with it, mainly stream from the File Server.

[Tomexx]

Thanks!

[JavaLawyer]

We're glad to help. Please let us know how your setup works out.

[fordem]

I recommend connecting lower bandwidth hogging devices to the switches, and devices that use more bandwidth, connect them directly to the back of the router or on a switch that is mainly used for high bandwidth Internet connections. Try to separate higher traffic devices from lower traffic if possible.

If you're referring to internet bandwidth then your "recommendation" makes little sense - in ninenty-nine cases out of one hundred, the internet bandwidth is limited by the WAN connection speed, and no amount of separating high/low bandwidth devices based on switches will have the slightest effect on throughput.

On the other hand - if you're referring to LAN bandwidth, then connecting gigabit devices (such as the DNS-323) to gigabit switches MIGHT allow for greater throughput.

[FurryNutz]

Actually I meant that separating devices that need higher priority with the Internet vs devices that don't between the WAN and LAN sides. So if someone is gaming while directly connected to the router and while someone else is doing large file xfer between the PC and DNS connected on a switch, this will separate the two from impacting performance between the two. Where switches and connections come in to play.