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Re: Advice / recommendations on Inexpensive Managed Ethernet Switches

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On giovedì 2 febbraio 2017 11:19:59 CET rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> Layout of the network (for background):
> 
> The Earthlink DSL modem (Westell) is followed by an Ethernet (unmanaged}
> switch.
> 
> From that switch there are three cables:
> 
>    * One to a WiFi hotspot that is almost always on (but only used by my son
> playing games while watching TV)
> 
>    * One to my desk [...] There is
> an unmanaged Ethernet switch here to connect the various devices.
> 
>    * One to my son's desk [...] There is an
> unmanaged Ethernet switch here to connect the various devices.

I'm just curious, but I cannot understand how you can have Internet access 
from all your devices, considering you just have a modem plus some switches, 
but you don't have a router that does Network Address Translation. Perhaps the 
modem is in fact a modem/router combo, rather than a modem-only device?

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Advice / recommendations on Inexpensive Managed Ethernet Switches rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-02-02 17:30 +0100
  Re: Advice / recommendations on Inexpensive Managed Ethernet Switches Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-02-02 18:00 +0100
  Re: Advice / recommendations on Inexpensive Managed Ethernet Switches Eike Lantzsch <zp6cge@gmx.net> - 2017-02-03 21:30 +0100
    Re: Advice / recommendations on Inexpensive Managed Ethernet Switches <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-02-04 11:00 +0100
      Re: Advice / recommendations on Inexpensive Managed Ethernet Switches Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-02-04 11:50 +0100
        Re: Advice / recommendations on Inexpensive Managed Ethernet Switches <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-02-05 11:10 +0100
          Update: My current intentRe: Advice / recommendations on Inexpensive Managed Ethernet Switches rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-02-05 18:00 +0100
            Re: Update: My current intentRe: Advice / recommendations on  Inexpensive Managed Ethernet Switches <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-02-05 19:10 +0100
              Re: Update: My current intentRe: Advice / recommendations on Inexpensive Managed Ethernet Switches deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-02-06 21:00 +0100
            Re: Update: My current intentRe: Advice / recommendations on Inexpensive Managed Ethernet Switches rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-02-06 16:00 +0100
            Re: Update: My current intentRe: Advice / recommendations on  Inexpensive Managed Ethernet Switches Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-02-06 17:00 +0100
              Re: Update: My current intentRe: Advice / recommendations on Inexpensive Managed Ethernet Switches rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-02-06 20:20 +0100
    Re: Advice / recommendations on Inexpensive Managed Ethernet Switches deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-02-05 19:40 +0100
  Re: Advice / recommendations on Inexpensive Managed Ethernet Switches solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-02-04 15:50 +0100
    Re: Advice / recommendations on Inexpensive Managed Ethernet Switches rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-02-04 17:40 +0100
  Re: Advice / recommendations on Inexpensive Managed Ethernet Switches solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-02-04 16:40 +0100
    Re: Advice / recommendations on Inexpensive Managed Ethernet Switches Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-02-04 17:10 +0100
      Re: Advice / recommendations on Inexpensive Managed Ethernet Switches solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-02-04 17:50 +0100

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