My Reply follows quote. On 27/09/2002 14:03 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anthony Vo) > >>Well, you are going to have problems trying to connect two cable modems >>to the same line, since this is essentially like splicing two ends on >>one ethernet cable and trying to plug in two devices at once. Won't work. >> >>My suggestion is to fish ethernet cable through to the second floor >>somehow or use wireless for the systems on the second floor.> >-- >Bruce Johnson > >The ethernet cable comes from a hub(connect to router) on 1st floor, if I >fish it to 2nd fl. and plug in another hub, can I also get internet >simulteneously from machines on 2nd fl.? --------------------- I wired a split level house for ethernet. For your $ you normally only get to connect to the provider once, thus the need for a router. The router "shares" your Internet connection with however many connections you have (most have an upper limit of 256 connections). Ethernet as is most common now uses the RJ-45 type plugs and is based on a star and spoke system. That is, a router serves signals to a hub (or switch - essentialy similar functions) which then shares the signal with whatever devices are attached to the hub. Could be computers, servers or printers.
Thus, if you pass a cable from the hub on the first floor to a hub on the second, you can can have multiple devices attached in each area. I have 5 Macs in my living room, and outlets to two more upstairs. Had a hub upstairs with three Macs on it for awhile. Spent a few days last year crawling through the attic and underhouse space running Cat-5 wires and installing outlets. Ran wires from a "main" location into the wall, through a hole in the stud-pocket under the house. From there to another hole in a closet, up the wall of the closet (out of sight) through the ceiling of the closet, into a hole in the floor of the closet above, up the wall of that closet and throught its ceiling into the attic. From there wires to each room were dropped through the walls to new outlets. Fun. don't care to repeat the exercise, but it sure is convenient now. Not hard at all. Just a bit tedious. Ken Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
