<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">--- On <b>Thu, 7/1/10, Brian Wall <i><kc0iog@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Brian Wall <kc0iog@gmail.com><br><br><div class="plainMail">> They have a modem from their ISP patched into a Netgear Web Safe Router (RP614v3) and four Win boxes (2XP, Vista, Win7) plugged into the router. Could this router be deactivated and used as just a hub? Would file serving be done by Samba?<br><br>You can probably disable the DHCP server and router and just use the<br>onboard switch. Then again, why not keep using the firewall / router<br>as is and build the linux box for filesharing only?<br><br>The router has 4 ports and the new Linux box would be five. Can I get a cheap switch/hub to extend the router?</div><div
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