I have a netgear 5 port switch which has been very good to me. Broadband is not available where I am so I need a wireless device that will give me at least 5 more users. But I need it to connect to the uplink port on my existing switch, is that called an access point?

Oh, by the way, I would like to have an access point that also has ethernet connectors on it. I would like that to just plug right into my 5 port that I have right now. Thanks

Access points refer to wireless device connection points. Linksys has wireless access points that also have built in switch hubs- usually 5 ports, I think. Other brands also offer such devices like Netgear. High end devices are offered by Cisco and Nortel.

Kind of a confusing post. What does the lack of Broadband service (WAN service) in your area have to do with you needing Wireless LAN? And the following post, are you asking for multiple ethernet connections on your Access Point, or just one so you can connect it to your 5 port switch? But for the most part, yes the device you are looking for is called an Access Point. You would be able to easily support 5 more users (given that you buy 5 NICs to go into the PCs to do so). Connecting into the uplink port is not a problem (at worst you may have to swap the cable). D D

indeed, confusing or misleading.. if broadband is not available. Wireless, or wire network wont do you good unless you are referring 56k modem and do wireless from there, in that case, 5 users will go crazy with the slowness.

Sorry about that, no, see, its all for lan games. I want to share 56k internet (I do that right now through my switch) through the cable/dsl router that has wireless also. but I have some laptops also so I want wireless access. So I want to connect all the ethernet computers through the cable/dsl router, and use the wireless feature to connect all my laptops. But I also want to have some extra headroom for more ethernet enabled computers, hence the switch... was that any help?

And yes I know that wireless isn't the fastest thing in the world. I want to use a cable/dsl router with wireless feature to connect Ethernet computers and Wireless Ethernet computers simultaneously, as well as having a switch hooked up to the last port of the router.