We have DSL and the consumer-grade "gateway" they provide at signup, bridged to a Cisco small business router which provides the network addresses.

There was quite a discussion about whether the Server or the Router should be providing addresses, but after considerable research, we settled on the Router (for SBS Essentials, at least)

This is all hooked to a Gigabyte switch and a TrendNet wireless access point for me to roam around. Most everyone else is wired.
We haven't had any network problems for a long time.


Tom Duncan
Family Practice
Astoria OR