07-23-2004, 04:51 PM
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Lord over all I survey
Location: Northern Michigan
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Originally posted by Moskie
Why exactly wouldn't a gigabit router (whose uplink port is connected to my cable modem) be able to handle DHCP duties, and allow gigabit transfers between connected machines at the same time? By having that extra hop to handle DHCP, what caveat of this whole system is being avoided?
I may be wrong, but i have not yet seen a gigabit router.. and an extra hop for DHCP is nothing...
Assuming you're correct, the extra router you mention would not have to be gigabit, right? So then I could just have a normal router attached to my modem, then a gigabit hub between that router and my machines... that might not even be any more expensive then, since I won't have to fork over the dough for a gigabit *router*, just a hub.
Thanks for the info.
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You're correct in they way you'd hook this up. I have a rather nice 100Mb switch connecting my machines and then my router is connect to that switch as well and handing out DHCP. It works well and I have much better transfer times between machines then I ever did trying it through the router.. |
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