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I use a Cisco RV220W in my home office. This a good, entry level commercial router that does a good job and is not expensive. It will do what you want. This model is 4 port, but a 3-Com gigabit switch will handily extend that.
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I use a Cisco RV220W in my home office. This a good, entry level commercial router that does a good job and is not expensive. It will do what you want. This model is 4 port, but a 3-Com gigabit switch will handily extend that.

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Awesome. Thanks for the information. We will be buying the TP AC1750 along with the recommended switch<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-Archer-C7-Wireless-1350Mbps/dp/B00CUD1KJK/ref=dp_ob_title_ce" rel="ugc">http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-Archer-C7-Wireless-1350Mbps/dp/B00CUD1KJK/ref=dp_ob_title_ce</a><br />
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It has it all and is an updated version. <br />
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Thanks much!!!
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Awesome. Thanks for the information. We will be buying the TP AC1750 along with the recommended switch

http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-Archer-C7-Wireless-1350Mbps/dp/B00CUD1KJK/ref=dp_ob_title_ce [http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-Archer-C7-Wireless-1350Mbps/dp/B00CUD1KJK/ref=dp_ob_title_ce]

It has it all and is an updated version.

Thanks much!!!

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I'm curious, John... &nbsp;does the RV220W require a service contract with Cisco to download firmware and software updates, like the integrated services routers, catalyst switches, <i>et al</i>, do?<br />
(Thanks!)
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I'm curious, John...  does the RV220W require a service contract with Cisco to download firmware and software updates, like the integrated services routers, catalyst switches, et al, do?
(Thanks!)

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I do not have a Service Contract with my RV220W - I download firmware updates whenever they are available.
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I do not have a Service Contract with my RV220W - I download firmware updates whenever they are available.

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Hi, <br />
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We are looking for a good quality router with guest network config ability. At the same time we want it to be reasonably priced have good reviews and gigabit LAN (8 ports preferably). &nbsp;There will be remote users connecting to a synology nas also. <br />
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Thanks for the suggestions.
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Hi, 

We are looking for a good quality router with guest network config ability. At the same time we want it to be reasonably priced have good reviews and gigabit LAN (8 ports preferably).  There will be remote users connecting to a synology nas also. 

Thanks for the suggestions.

Good wireless router with Guest network

Networking hardware includes the physical devices facilitating the use of a computer network. Typically, networking hardware includes gateways, routers, network bridges, modems, wireless access points, networking cables, line drivers, switches, hubs, and repeaters. But it also includes hybrid network devices such as multilayer switches, protocol converters, bridge routers, proxy servers, firewalls, network address translators, multiplexers, network interface controllers, wireless network interface controllers, ISDN terminal adapters and other related hardware.

Networking Hardware-Other

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.

Routers

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.