Re: Networking: How to add another router

2011-02-13 Thread Stan Goodman
On Sunday 13 February 2011 22:58:07 Yedidyah Bar-David wrote: > On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:14:27PM +0200, Geoff Shang wrote: > > On Sun, 13 Feb 2011, Michael Tewner wrote: > >> Shimi's solution will work - use a cross-over cable, though, in > >> order to connect the switches together. > > > > hmm.

Re: Networking: How to add another router

2011-02-13 Thread Stan Goodman
On Sunday 13 February 2011 22:51:57 Nadav Har'El wrote: > On Sun, Feb 13, 2011, Geoff Shang wrote about "Re: Networking: How to add another router": > > It would. However, I only have a router and it seems like a bit of a > > waste to buy a 4/8/16 port switc

Re: Networking: How to add another router

2011-02-13 Thread Yedidyah Bar-David
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:14:27PM +0200, Geoff Shang wrote: > On Sun, 13 Feb 2011, Michael Tewner wrote: > >> Shimi's solution will work - use a cross-over cable, though, in order to >> connect the switches together. > > hmm. Is there an easy way to tell a crossover cable from a straight one? >

Re: Networking: How to add another router

2011-02-13 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011, Geoff Shang wrote about "Re: Networking: How to add another router": > It would. However, I only have a router and it seems like a bit of a > waste to buy a 4/8/16 port switch to accommodate only one more device. Then I'm even more confused what th

Re: Networking: How to add another router

2011-02-13 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011, Michael Tewner wrote about "Re: Networking: How to add another router": > Shimi's solution will work - use a cross-over cable, though, in order to > connect the switches together. This advice is somewhat anachronistic, as modern equipment should have Au

Re: Networking: How to add another router

2011-02-13 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011, Geoff Shang wrote about "Networking: How to add another router": > I find myself with the need to connect 5 ethernet devices to 4 available > ports. >... > to help solve my problem. The closest I've seen is a way to send two > 10/100 mb

Re: Networking: How to add another router

2011-02-13 Thread Geoff Shang
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011, Michael Tewner wrote: On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Michael Tewner wrote: Hypothetically, you should be able to connect multiple computers to the same network cable - that is, wire 2 connectors, in series, at one end. This would give you a "hub" on that segment, and th

Re: Networking: How to add another router

2011-02-13 Thread Geoff Shang
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011, Michael Tewner wrote: Shimi's solution will work - use a cross-over cable, though, in order to connect the switches together. hmm. Is there an easy way to tell a crossover cable from a straight one? I've never really had to worry about it before except in one specific i

Re: Networking: How to add another router

2011-02-13 Thread Geoff Shang
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011, Gabor Szabo wrote: I probably misunderstand the whole problem, wouldn't a HUB or a switch solve that? It would. However, I only have a router and it seems like a bit of a waste to buy a 4/8/16 port switch to accommodate only one more device. Geoff. __

Re: Networking: How to add another router

2011-02-13 Thread Geoff Shang
Hi, Thanks to everyone for your answers. On Sun, 13 Feb 2011, shimi wrote: Take the un-used router; Go into its configuration; Disable the Internal DHCP server; Verify that the router does not have an IP address which already belongs to any other device in your LAN (if it does, change it to so

Re: Networking: How to add another router

2011-02-13 Thread shimi
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Michael Tewner wrote: > Hi - > Shimi's solution will work - use a cross-over cable, though, in order to > connect the switches together. > He should try getting a cross cable only if a regular cable did not do the trick (or if he has a spare cross. just don't run

Re: Networking: How to add another router

2011-02-13 Thread Michael Tewner
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Michael Tewner wrote: > Hi - > Shimi's solution will work - use a cross-over cable, though, in order to > connect the switches together. > > Hypothetically, you should be able to connect multiple computers to the > same network cable - that is, wire 2 connectors,

Re: Networking: How to add another router

2011-02-13 Thread Michael Tewner
Hi - Shimi's solution will work - use a cross-over cable, though, in order to connect the switches together. Hypothetically, you should be able to connect multiple computers to the same network cable - that is, wire 2 connectors, in series, at one end. This would give you a "hub" on that segment,

Re: Networking: How to add another router

2011-02-13 Thread shimi
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Geoff Shang wrote: > Hi, > > I find myself with the need to connect 5 ethernet devices to 4 available > ports. > > I'm running an ADSL modem/router with a 192.168.2.x network (for historical > reasons) and have allocated static addresses to all of the static devic

Re: Networking: How to add another router

2011-02-13 Thread Gabor Szabo
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Geoff Shang wrote: > Hi, > > I find myself with the need to connect 5 ethernet devices to 4 available > ports. I probably misunderstand the whole problem, wouldn't a HUB or a switch solve that? Gabor http://szabgab.com/ __

Networking: How to add another router

2011-02-13 Thread Geoff Shang
Hi, I find myself with the need to connect 5 ethernet devices to 4 available ports. I'm running an ADSL modem/router with a 192.168.2.x network (for historical reasons) and have allocated static addresses to all of the static devices, and a pool of DHCP addresses for devices which ask for it