A wireless router with more than 4 giga-bit LAN ports?

[belgaard]

Does such a wireless router exist? I have not found any.

 

[valentin]

No, it does not. Add a switch after the router to get more ports.
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[bigclaw]

Agreed. A 5-port gigabit switch can often be found for $20-$30 nowadays. Even if a residential router with more than 4 ports exists, it will be cheaper and more flexible to use any router plus a gigabit switch.

 

[belgaard]

Thanks, I guess you are right.

I have tried this before with my old wireless router. The problem I had was that machines could not "see" each other across the wireless router and the switch.

Could that be because they need to be on the same sub-net (I could not change the setup of the switch)?

 

[bigclaw]

A switch, unlike a router, does not change the subnet. Your difficulties may be related to the "uplink" ports and/or the need to use cross-over cables. You normally don't need to be concerned with these with modern switches anymore.