Networking With a Switch ??

[DoFoT9]

Hello all,

just puchased a Linksys Gigabit 8 port Switch for our house. We have our 1TB Time Capsule that is the "main" router i guess you would say.

I just connected the switch in yesterday to enable our ethernet connections to work (all have been correctly put in by an electrician). Currently our network looks like this

Internet>modem>TC))))laptop 1
TC>>Ethernet printer (then wiresly to all other computers)
TC>USB> Other printer (shared aswell)
TC>>Switch>>laptop 2
Switch>>iMac
Switch>>PC
Switch>>iMac

))) Signifies WiFi, and >> signifies Gb ethernet.
We have 2 printers set up on TC, 1 is Ethernet, 1 is USB


Is it possible for me to change the network, so that the switch is the "main" router, but we still maintain the sharing powers of the printers? N.B.Laptop 1 will always be wirelessly.

So like this:::

Internet>modem>Switch>>laptop 2
Switch>>iMac
Switch>>PC
Switch>>iMac
Switch>>TC
TC))))laptop 1
TC>>ethernet printer
TC>USB>Other printer.


thanks in advance

 

[flopticalcube]

No because a switch is a switch and not a router. It will not assign and translate IP address like the TC can.

 

[DoFoT9]

No because a switch is a switch and not a router. It will not assign and translate IP address like the TC can.

okidoki thanks very much for verifying that for me (damnit haha)