“Would I be able to plug this directly into a ZFS Ethernet Switch to get wifi?”
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I apologize in advance if I am being too basic in my explanation. As long as you configure the router to act as the DHCP server for the WIFI your wireless devices would have access to the segment of the network that the router would create. Connecting the Router to the switch will give the WIFI devices access to the wired network through the wireless router (for the purpose of sharing a common internet connection for example), however, only the router will show on the wired network (the MODEM is most likely acting as your default DHCP server) as only the Router will have an IP address on the wired network. The biggest issue is that you may get an IP conflict with both devices playing DHCP server. Personally, I would put the router in front of the switch connected to the MODEM's LAN (or uplink) port, turn off the MODEMs DHCP service (allow the router to handle all the DHCP services) and then connect the switches uplink or LAN port to one of the ethernet ports on the router. You may find that the router has enough ports on the back that you don't need the separate switch.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.If you plug this into a switch, then you won't be getting "wifi" at all. The whole purpose of wifi is to not have to plug into another device to connect to the Internet. You can plug into your switch and use Ethernet as your primary connection to the Internet, and then if there is a drop in that connection for some reason, your wifi "should" take over. But plugging into a switch in order to GET wifi defeats the whole purpose of having wifi.
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