Wondering what the best way of doing this is.
I'm going to uni soon, and they're providing an ethernet socket on the wall. I need to connect to that:
Wired:
Desktop
Server
Netbook
PS3
WiFi:
Netbook
Mobile Phone
I currently have a 5 port gigabit ethernet switch, but that's it.
I'm guessing I can use the 5 port ethernet switch, leave the netbook/PS3 unconnected and use a Wireless AP to provide wireless.
But I'm thinking it might make more sense to get a wireless ADSL router, assign myself a subnet (not sure if that even makes sense) so that I'm protected and secure from the rest of the network, with my own network functioning as normal with separate 192.168.100.x IP addresses, and combine everything into one unit. And then I can use the gigabit switch downstream of it to speed up server --> devices communication.
What's the most sensible approach?


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). That is a plain ethernet port too. The modem gets an IP and all that, but includes no routing, NAT or DHCP services, that is why yoiu need a router to attach multiple devices of VM and to this.