How to connect a Cisco SG95-16 switch to a router

[johnojl]

Hi everyone, seeking some advice here.

I have around a dozen POS machines and printers in total, with LAN cable connections and my idea is to connect them to my Cisco SG95-16 switch. Which I will then connect the switch to my TP link 4G router (MR 6400), providing them with network. 

Just wondering if what I mentioned above does work. Or is there a correct way I should be doing it?

Any advice is welcome please help...

[balaji.bandi · Accepted solution]

Cisco SG95-16 switch - this is unmanged switch, it should work as expected - its like you extending conenction from MR6400 to other areas :

MR6400---Cisco SG95-16 switch-users

[johnojl]

Hi Balaji thank you so much for your advise. 

As this is my first time using unmanaged switch, I got a bit confused when none of the 16 ports indicate any WAN or Internet labels.

So I'm just wondering which port out of the 16 ports should I connect to the router. 

[balaji.bandi]

does not matter any port...for easy identification i used 1 or 16 port.

[Joseph W. Doherty]

One issue you might run into, Ethernet ports are MDI or MDI-X (some [many, now a days] devices, though, can automatically run in the mode needed, if not, you'll need to use the "right" Ethernet cable, either straight-through or cross-over).