Reuben D. Budiardja wrote: > 2. M1 > will act as firewall and router. This is because 1000Mbps capable routers > are still too expensive for me. Unless you have a really fast internet connection (faster than 100 Mbps) it won't matter if the router isn't 1000 Mbps. > So I am thinking of just getting the combo router. Will that be a problem > if I connect it to the switch then (since it by itself is a router) ? It shouldn't be a problem as long as you remember to turn off the dhcp server on the "router" and remember to plug the switch into the LAN side of the "router". -- William Hooper