After connected this WDswitch to my cable modem. Can I connect a Wi-Fi Router to this switch and get internet in my wireless devices without problems?
1818228
yes, this is how I am using it too. I have two wired computers on the WD switch which then connects to a wired port on the wireless router. All work fine.
1818229
I connected my WIFI router to my cable modem and then connected the switch to it. It is a much faster switch than I had before. I connected VOIP phone system, computers and Digital TV Tuners to the switch and my ROKU boxes use the WIFI. It is very fast I have two of these switches on my network.
1818230
Connect the WIFI Wan or Internet port to the Cable modem and plug one of the WD switch ports into one of the router switch ports to increase port capacity
1818231
Yes. But why not connect your router to your modem, and the switch to the router?
1705841
It's a switch not a router. You would have the line coming from your cable/dsl modem go to a router then it would go to the switch. The router handles the natting and the dhcp. If you cable/dsl modem is also a router then you can connect it directly to this for more wired connections.
656136
Yes you connect a cable from your router to any port on the 5 port switch and it acts like a splitter for the internet, then you can connect other devices to the 5 port switch and have internet access.
1465539
you need one of this adapters on each side, and it works transforming Ethernet into coax and coax back to Ethernet, so yes if you have a adapter on each side, one on the router and the other on the switch you will be able to get DHCP on the devices.
2186524
The answer is Yes, but the way to go is hard-wire it. I got rid of my CCK-W because it kept losing the signal and I would have to reset my router at least once a week. I finally gave in and called Directv and their tech came out, tried 2 other CCK-W units with no luck so he hard-wired it to my modem. I don't know how he did it but he didn't even run an extra Ethernet cable.
1062998
I don't know, I just hooked it up and everything worked, router might be bad, I have a netgear router, very happy with it.
804393
May also be able to use a network cable to plug into your router. I would just plug it it in to the network to see what happens. How do you currently have it connected? Or is this going to be new?
1078180
Happened to me once too.. Just try to reconnect your cable modem unplug the router.. Don't reconnect the router until the cable modem is back to normal
1215491
Yes. Jut plug the incoming cable into one of the ports, and you can have 4 more devices access the internet on the other ports after plugging the switch into an outlet..
1590718
It connects via a Cat-6 network cable with an RJ45 end. Any of the ports will work. A straight-through cable will work fine. It's a switch, not a router, so you will still need a router between this and a cable modem, unless your cable modem has an integrated router. Since you mentioned both, I would suggest just hooking up a LAN FE port on your router into any one of the ports on this switch.
533104
Coax will connect to your cable modem. the connection from the cable modem to the wireless router will be a cat 5 cable, not coax.
1231171
Hi, Moukhtarbek. The router should be connected to the modem, then your switch and magic jack should be connected to the router for the magic jack to work correctly. Your router should have a separate internet port for the modem's connection and another ethernet ports for the wired devices.
977678
If both devices have an ethernet port, you could connect them; not sure what type of cable modem you are using. Try it, shouldn't damage anything.
424359
I doubt it will work through a router or a switch. It is only good directly connected from the device to a computer. Look for a Cirago
540233
No, you will need to plug the switch into the router, so you will have to unplug one of your connections on the router then plug the switch into that port you can then plug the device you unplugged into one of the ports on the new switch. Hope this helps.
903798
I have never tried this but doubt it. You need to go modem > router > switch. I don't see any reason to go with what you are suggesting.
785533
In my set up, yes. If you are connecting straight from the cable modem, I don't think so. A cable modem is most likely only going to give out one IP address. However, I have a wireless router connected to the cable modem, so the router handles IP address assignment. I then have a 100' ethernet cable running form the router to this switch. I can have up to four devices connected to the switch at the same time and all will have internet access. Right now I have two connected. Hope that helps to clarify.