Anthony Vo wrote:
>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.?
Precisely. I'd suggest using small switches instead of hubs, but that's
the general idea: it's a smaller version of the 4-floor, two building
network we run: 6-700 conections.
Switches do a better job of managing network traffic than hubs and are
better at making larger networks.
A rough diagram of your proprosed network is this:
(each switch can have as many PC connections as it has ports, miunus one
port, used for the uplink.)
2nd floor: PC -------switch-------PC
| (uplink port)
| Ethernet cable between floors
|
1st floor: PC---------hub (or switch)-----PC
| (cable port)
|
|
Cable router----------------to cable co.
You can substitute hubs for the switches in the above diagram.
A 5-port 10/100 switch costs about $45 these days.
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