I know the general difference between a router and a switch, but after considerable reading I'm unable to determine if I could just use a switch for my pretty simple specific application.
Here are the two devices I need to setup on my network (connections would be wired, both devices in close proximity):
(1) computer running windows2k with 100mbps ethernet card (has software firewall installed)
(1) blue ray player for streaming netflix videos
Because I don't have any computers on the network communicating with each other, based on what I've read it seems possible to just connect a switch to my cable modem instead of using a router.
Thanks for taking a look, and any help you can offer
Here are the two devices I need to setup on my network (connections would be wired, both devices in close proximity):
(1) computer running windows2k with 100mbps ethernet card (has software firewall installed)
(1) blue ray player for streaming netflix videos
Because I don't have any computers on the network communicating with each other, based on what I've read it seems possible to just connect a switch to my cable modem instead of using a router.
Thanks for taking a look, and any help you can offer