Networking / port forwarding etc,...

Thanks all! I have it up and running. Next step is give Comcast back their modem/router and replace it with my owned stuff. They went up to 198 bucks a month on me for internet, phone and cable so I bought a firestick, a OBiTalk box and a router. The OBItalk works with my Google number that's free other than the 40 bucks I paid for the box. Comcast was 10 for a phone line per month. Google is free. My bill should go down to about 60 for internet.

philh wrote:
I have a server on a switch. I port forward the servers ISP address on the router. Switch doesn't care.

X2 switch doesn't care

I use a switch (A vintage D-Link) and yes.. all it does is switch. the router controls all the things the router controls IT assigns IP addresses. It blocks or forwards.. It's kind of like adding half a dozen ports to the Router (You need one router port for the switch and one switch port for the router so you only gain six)

But the router still does it all. the only difference is that the total bandwidth to the devices on the switch is limited by the max bandwidth of the router's LAN port So if it's a Gigibit. and two devices are sucking data, they may only get half a gig each.

Yes anything that goes through the switch to the router will show on the router. So yes your port forwarding will still work on items plugged into the switch as well as on items plugged straight into the router.

I have a server on a switch. I port forward the servers ISP address on the router. Switch doesn't care.

Eight ports? Wow.