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could you also give a little more information such as the type/model # of router you are using and the same for the switch?
I must concur with the majority of the posters that you should re-order your network. coming from the dsl, you should have the router as the first device. not only so that you can benifit from the DHCP, but so that you can place everything behind the firewall i hope is also on your router.
on a side note if you are savvy enough i reccomend you do not use a "out of the box" router, but to build one and run a linux distro of your choosing as a firewall. bbi agent is a very lightweight distro with a web client. going somewhat larger are both clarkconnect and smoothwall. as for myself i am using fedora core 2 (i know i need to upgrade) with a homebrew firewall. if you have any questions on how to build a router, ask me, I am very willing to help.
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