The docs with mine (WAP + 4-port router) said putting the router after the hub would cause problems. Two switches, fine, two hubs, fine, but not switch after hub.

Besides, the farther upstream you put the switch the more you can segment your traffic. If you put the hub right after the modem, all your traffic gets broadcast to all segments. If you put a switch/router first you limit the traffic to each subsequent segment.


Take this with salt appropriate to the fact I just spent 3 days setting up my new wireless network.