Do you connect a server to a router and then that server to a switch or this way? PLEASE HELP IT GENIUS'S!!!?

Question

Do i connect my server into the router and then connect my switch (which is connected to other computers) to that server or do i connect the server into the switch and the router also into the switch so the switch is the only thing connected to that router? basically server or switch connected to the router?

Answer 1

The switch is the main "hub" of the network. Everything is connected to that and it will all sort itself out.

Answer 2

You connect your server to a LAN port on the router and connect a switch to a LAN port on the router... the switch just supplies more connections for other computers/devices that way. As long as the server is in the system, its in the system.



Now if you are using the server as a router you have a different question as well.



Remember that a router is simply a "gateway" to another network (like the internet).

Answer 3

The order should be like this:

- DSL line -> DSL Modem

- DSL Modem -> Router

- Router -> Switch



Then connect all remaining computers, including the server, to the switch.



So, to answer your question, you don't connect the server to the router. All computers get connected to the switch, and the switch has one "up-link" to the router.



If this does not work for you, please specify more details about your setup (e.g. what type of server, is the router also a modem etc.)

Answer 4

The router LAN port connects to the network switch.



The server connects to the LAN switch.



I suggest you disable DHCP on the router and have server provide DHCP and DNS for all LAN devices.



If you have more than 1 network interface on server, you can and probably should disable the unused ones.



I usually have the router IP address at one end of the range and server at other (e.g. on a 24 bit subnet (mask 255.255.255.0) using the 192.168.1.0/24 subnet, I would assign router LAN IP 192.168.1.1 and server 192.168.1.254. Under this set up, any pcs or LAN devices with a static LAN IP will have their subnet mask 255.255.255.0, gateway 192.168.1.254, DNS 192.168.1.254.

Answer 5

switch to router; server to switch.