I guess there must be an easy way to add another couple of LAN ports onto my home router? All four ports are used but I need another one to connect a VOIP phone to. What's the easiest way to add more LAN ports to my router please? Thanks.
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Home router LAN ports all used, but I need another LAN port?
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Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View PostI guess there must be an easy way to add another couple of LAN ports onto my home router? All four ports are used but I need another one to connect a VOIP phone to. What's the easiest way to add more LAN ports to my router please? Thanks.
Tenda 5-Port 10/100 Switch | Ebuyer.com have 1 for a £5 but no doubt other places will have them for similarish prices.merely at clientco for the entertainment -
EEE. I didn't know you could that. Handy. Actually with all networking products, like on that link, the descriptions are so incomprehensible it's hard to know what they do. "easy installation, stable performance and high forwarding rate" were the only bits I understood.
Can one stick them on the far end of an ethernet cable and split to two PCs?Last edited by xoggoth; 7 August 2011, 09:59.bloggoth
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostEEE. I didn't know you could that. Handy. Actually with all networking products, like on that link, the descriptions are so incomprehensible it's hard to know what they do. "easy installation, stable performance and high forwarding rate" were the only bits I understood.
Can one stick them on the far end of an ethernet cable and split to two PCs?
In your case you can change 2 long cables from pcs to router to 1 long cable, a switch connected to the router and two short cables connecting the pcs to the new switch.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Thanks a lot, that's great.Public Service Posting by the BBC - Bloggs Bulls**t Corp.
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Originally posted by eek View PostYep. Provided you don't start attaching switches to switches to switches you can use network switches to tidy up your network.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostAny reason why you can't attach switches to switches to switches?
Imagine putting 7 servers on 1 switch and connecting 30 pcs via other switches on a single port. If they were all on a single switch they could ask for the data at full speed because they are not they share that 100mb line between 30.... machines.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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I have two gigabit switches, daisy chained, with one attached to the broadband router. All works fine.
One switch is 8 port used to connect all my PC stuff, with one connection to the router.
The other is a 4 port switch, connected to the main switch, and is located near my TV to provide networking for my streamer and PS3.
If you have a recentish PC or laptop it's likely to have gigabit ethernet so worth paying a bit more for a gigabit switch, then you can transfer stuff around the network a lot faster.
It's piss easy to set up. Just plug in the switches and connect the network cables how you want them. They sort out all the communicating protocol bollocks without any user intervention or knowledge. If only networking was always this simple.Last edited by PAH; 7 August 2011, 11:57.Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
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Originally posted by eek View PostIts because you are creating potential contention on that part of the network.
Imagine putting 7 servers on 1 switch and connecting 30 pcs via other switches on a single port. If they were all on a single switch they could ask for the data at full speed because they are not they share that 100mb line between 30.... machines.
I remember having 30 PCs chained together on a 10-Base T coax cable. And we were happy*.
*Until it went wrong and then we were very unhappy spending hours going round trying to find the fault.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by PAH View PostIf you have a recentish PC or laptop it's likely to have gigabit ethernet so worth paying a bit more for a gigabit switch, then you can transfer stuff around the network a lot faster.
Originally posted by PAH View PostIt's piss easy to set up. Just plug in the switches and connect the network cables how you want them. They sort out all the communicating protocol bollocks without any user intervention or knowledge. If only networking was always this simple.
I witnessed a couple of network guys struggling with some Cisco managed switches the other week. The number of configurable options was quite fearsome...
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