Many thanks for your replies. Your help is much appreciated. My understanding of networks is pretty poor. May I clarify a couple of things please?
1. With a phone line, or indeed a TV aerial, you can just plug in a splitter and it shares the line. This is obviously not possible with a network. Am I right that this is because each connected device needs its own IP address (and will already have its ownMAC address). 2. I used the word 'ports' to refer to the four yellow network sockets on the back of the home hub. IS that the right word? I also used the word 'socket' to refer to the access point fixed to the wall into which I can plug a cable. Is that right? 3. I realise that this is very basic networking stuff and I'll freely admit that I'm an absolute novice. But the ability to ask and receive your answers is great. Thanks again, Brian On 20 May 2012, at 23:47, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: > >> 1. Yes, but you need to get a switch or a hub to split the signal, and >> however many more cat 5 cables with themn plug into the switch or hub, >> For example: >> >> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Netgear-Prosafe-Ethernet-Unmanaged-Switch/dp/B00009015U/ref=sr_1_cc_3?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1337552799&sr=1-3-catcorr >> <http://www.amazon.co.uk/Netgear-Prosafe-Ethernet-Unmanaged-Switch/dp/B00009015U/ref=sr_1_cc_3?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1337552799&sr=1-3-catcorr> >> > > It's worth noting, daisy chaining cheap switches is a fast way to cause > you some interesting laggy network problems that you'll spend an age > tracking down[0]. Don't chain more than 1, and avoid running too many. > If you can, just put a single switch with your Home Hub, and run more > cables from there. > > [0] The switch's mac routing table space gets overfilled, since it's > handling far more devices than it was designed for. Then you find either > things just go slow, or machines drop off the network randomly, with no > apparent cause. > >> 2. Yes a Wireless Access Point. For example: >> >> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Edimax-EW-7228APN-150Mbps-Wireless-Extender/dp/B004JV42A0/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1337552831&sr=1-2 >> <http://www.amazon.co.uk/Edimax-EW-7228APN-150Mbps-Wireless-Extender/dp/B004JV42A0/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1337552831&sr=1-2> >> >> >> Hope that helps :) > > These are handy! If you have more than one, and their signals can > overlap, make sure to manually set their transmit channels to give > enough bandwidth space between them. Realistically, you should only have > things on channels 1, 6, and 11, or another set that'll give you clear > spectrum space between them. See the chart and graph on this page for more: > http://www.radio-electronics.com/info/wireless/wi-fi/80211-channels-number-frequencies-bandwidth.php > > -- > All postal correspondence to: > The Positive Internet Company, 24 Ganton Street, London. W1F 7QY > > The Positive Internet Company Limited is registered in England and Wales. > Registered company number: 3673639. VAT no: 726 7072 28. > Registered office: Northside House, Mount Pleasant, Barnet, Herts, EN4 9EE. > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
