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[hakke]

I have a Netgear media player that I need to keep separate from my LAN. I have a switch that's connected to WAN and from the switch to dir-655 and the Netgem box. So I have two IP:s and the Netgems traffic is not going through the router at all.

Now I'm short of LAN ports and I bought an eight port switch. However I only have room for keeping two devices at the space they are at. So I need to get rid of the old switch and somehow manage the network(s) with dir-655 and the new switch.

The way I see it, I should connect WAN to dir-655 and from there to the switch and connect the Netgem box to router. But how can I configure dir-655 so that the Netgem is not on LAN with other devices? Is it possible to bridge one port?

[Sammydad1]

Cable or DSL ?

Typical hookup is:  Modem -----Router -------Switch

Not sure how you even got internet to your netgear box....unless you have DSL modem which in many cases is also a router...

[hakke]

It's a fiber optic connection and there's no need for a modem, I just connect a switch or a router by ethernet. So I have the switch connected to WAN and from the switch I have connection to dir-655's WAN port and another to the Netgears ethernet port.

[FurryNutz]

Try this?
Internet Wall out let to Switch<------>Netgear
                                         <------>655 router<--->All other devices connected to 655 LAN ports

[hakke]

Try this?
Internet Wall out let to Switch<------>Netgear
                                         <------>655 router<--->All other devices connected to 655 LAN ports

I'm sorry, I must have explained myself poorly. This is exactly how my current switch and router are configured.

Now I just need more LAN ports since all the ports from dir-655 are being used.

I bought a new switch with eight ports but there's not enough room for three devices at the same space.

So it should be more like:

Internet <-------> 655 <------> Netgear (bridged connection?) outside LAN
                                <------> Switch <------> 6 devices in LAN ports

[FurryNutz]

Well if it's LAN ports you need, then I would invest in a larger ported switch. I have a 24pt coming off my 4500 and 2 xboxes connected directly to the 4500. Everything else is off the switch including another switch in the living room servicing an AP and a boxee. I would connect what you really need to the 655, then connect everything else to the switch(s). You can daisy chain more switches on each other.

[davevt31]

No need to complicate things if your Netgear box is working like you want it.  Just add the new switch after the 655 and plug your additional items into that.

655 <-->New switch hooked into one of the 655 LAN ports <--> devices.

Internet Wall out let to Switch<------>Netgear
                                         <------>655 router<--->New Switch <--->all other devices connected to 655 LAN ports