Lots of switches out there under $20 +shipping
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=SS2105-N&cat=NET
www.pricewatch.com  search "port switch ethernet"
Your favorite discount websites

Franklin

--- rvgreen{at}telusplanet.net wrote:

> 
> Hello all, I need a little help here. I have decided to venture in to
> networking now. I have a machine running in the basement,with an adsl
> connection there. Problem is now I realise I made a mistake when I
> purchased this Linksys router. I bought a model BEFSR11,a single port
> model. I am looking at two models of 4 port routers,one is a Lonksys
> BEFSR41,the other is a Dlink model DL604. There is a CDN35.00$
> differance in favour of the Dlink. However,the LS says it a ADSL
> router with builtin 4 port switch. The Dlink,on the otherhand,simply
> says it is a 4 port router.What is the differance between these
> two?Is a switch better thaan a plain "4 port router" ?I suspect that
> the switch part of the Linksys accounts for the higher price.Addig a
> switch to my present setup is not an option for spave reasons,but  as
> well,the only 4 portswitch I saw was $149.00 cdn. 
> TIA for any help/advice.
> 
> 
> Chimo!
> Vic Green 
> CALGARY,ALBERTA
> eComStation 1.2,Java 1.4.2,Mozilla 1.73,MR2ICE 2.60b,.......Doing
> what I want to do, and not what Pieface Billy wants me to do.
> Microsoft is to quality software as MacDonalds is to gourmet food. 
> "Windows for Dummies" is not only a book title,it is Microsoft
> company philosophy.
> 
> 
> 
>  
> Yahoo! Groups Links
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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