Now that the wires have been moved over into the hall closet, I had to recreate the existing wired network. While we had been using a cheapo cable router I picked some years ago at a computerfest, this time I had a budget and went with the name brands.
I looked over both Linksys and D-Link (as well as many others), but chose D-Link for the main reason that it works well (actually there was a problem you will read about later) and was highly recommended by the salesman at our local techie computer shop, i.e. not the large box retailer. I also had to make sure that someone else beside me could manage the network should I be unavailable or no longer worshipping at the church (it happens).
So, with a D-Link wireless Pre-N router and switch, I set off. I won’t discuss the router in this step, becuase I want to give it more time in Step 3. But, I first connected all the existing computers and network printer to the switch, and then connected the switch to the router. It looks like this:
Cable modem –> Wireless router –> Switch –> Network device/Node (computer or printer)
After having to redo the ethernet cable connectors because I did them wrong (another thanks to my wife), we were back on the Internet with the wired clients.