Hi @MrTkH 

Thanks for posting in our business forum.

MrTkH wrote

  @Clive_A You said, "But theoretically, we recommend you connect them to the switch." Did you say that because the theor is a switch will manage load balancing better?

 

My config, the router would only have OC200 running off of it, and perhaps an Apple Tv (occassional use). So nothing too demanding.

 

Last follow up question. As for provisioning and managing all these devices, which clearly are very few, is it safe to assume they all can be controlled just the same regardless of being plugged into a switch or the router directly? 

It is determined by your network usage in the future.

If you are gonna have heavy local traffic, you would get the best out of the Router > Switch > devices when you can do the LAG or at least enjoy the local transfer without passing over to the router.

In an ideal network, we want to have only NAT-involved stuff travel to the router and get NAT-ed. Rest of the LAN stays in the LAN.

If it is not too demanding for your local transfer, it is okay to connect them to the router.

To the last question, should be fine. No worries.