djuk

I currently have a couple of PCs upstairs connected to the internet via a cable router. There is also 1 pc downstairs connected to the router upstairs using a massive 30m bit of network cable. So currently its like this:



Now i would like to add another PC downstairs but ideally dont want to run another 30 metres of cable down the stairs, round doorframes etc. I do have an old 4 port switch which was used for the network before the router arrived which im wondering... will the below work?



Does anybody know if this is a workable way of doing things or am i being really stupid?

Cheers

David

*Sonic*

Yep should work fine

I have my cable modem plugged into a DSL router, which has a 4 port switch built in, and my server plugs into that and I have a cat 5 cable running under the floorboards etc to upstairs, which goes to a wall socket, which then is plugged into a 4 port switch

If you dont have an MDI-X switch on your 4 port switch, you may need a cross over cable

djuk

Brilliant cheers

Looking at the switch it has one port on the end called "Uplink" with a sort of X symbol next to it then there are the ports numbered "P1" "P2" "P3" "P4" etc. Would the cable from the router plug into the uplink port or into one of the other ones?

Cheers

David

*Sonic*

Yep thats the one, saves having to buy or make a cross over cable

sounds like a netgear switch, like the one I have