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Got a home network.

4 Port Router
1 PC (Mine on the 2nd Floor)
2 PC's on the 1st floor + router.

The router is 20m or so from my room.Got a cable at the moment but i want 2 net connections.

Do i
a) buy another huge cable and use the last port?
b) can i buy one from wall plugs(Rj45 ethernet wall socket for 2 ports), But would i need 2 lines or wire going to that or could i share one somehow?

Here diagram

PC1+2 are 1st floor.

Si

Dotted proposed idea


[Edited by super_si - 6/17/2003 12:59:11 PM]

Buy a second router and use the uplink connection between the routers. £40 and your done in 2 minutes.

Cant you just use the existing routers uplink port and buy a length of crossover?

[Edited by Jye - 6/17/2003 2:58:00 PM]

yeah but then no scope for upgrade.

2 * PS2's in the house + i want an Xbox.

Got a possible 6-7 devices :!

Think thats what im going to do anyway Jye just run another cable.

Wireless

Carl :cool:

ive being looking at them actually.

I like netgear im looking at the Here

What else would i need?

Also would it work from down stairs? + compatable with PS2?

Si

Put another hub downstairs, thus leaving you 3 ports avaliable on the router upstairs and another few ports avaliable downstairs.

Cheers ian think im gonna put 8 port switch in my room. That way i can drop cables down to my brothers room and enough scope to upgrade

Si

You'd need one of the "all in one" boxes (router/firewall/hub/access point), and a wireless card in each station. PCI or USB cards for desktops, PCMCIA cards for laptops. If your router is sited near one of the PCs, obviously you can connect that with a bit of Ethernet cable.

As for working downstairs, what's your house made of? Works fine upstairs/downstairs in our circa-1985 plasterboard house, but siting of the AP/router and antenna positioning is crucial.

Should be compatible with PS2 via an Ethernet->wireless bridge (but they're ludicrously expensive for what they do -- cost almost as much as an AP!)

Might be better just using the old fashioned way then

Si