networking question 44 Responses

Last post: 2 years, 7 months ago | Thread started: Jul 4, 09, 11:39 a.m.

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• pr2

  Any networking guru out there can anwer me this questions?

  We have cable modem at one end of the apartment, the modem is connected to Ethernet hub out of which a few wires come out, including one to connect my computer (that runs through the whole apartment). Now i have a few devices that need to be connected to the internet (my laptop, my desktop, my netflix box). As the cable modem and the hub are way far behind multiple walls the signal is so weak that the wireless connection is out of the questions (but it works fine as the wired connection). Now because i only have one wire coming to my room i was wondering if i can split that wired signal somehow... And if so HOW?

  Jul 4, 09, 11:39 a.m. – Permalink

• acescence

  get a wireless router with a bunch of ports and connect the cable to one of the ports. you'll leave the WAN port on it unused. in the routers setup, give it a fixed IP address out of the range of your main routers DHCP range, and turn off DHCP so it doesn't try to give out IP addresses.

  • will try it.– pr2

  

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  Dog-earJul 4, 09, 11:44 a.m. – Permalink

• akrokdesign

  is probably better to set up the wireless router as close to the cable modem and not put in a other room, etc.

  • this is not a solution.– pr21/2

    i know, just more talk reg. the setup.– akrokdesign2/2

  

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  Dog-earJul 4, 09, 11:47 a.m. – Permalink

• acescence

  doesn't matter where you put the router in proximity to modem, as long as it's under 100 meters, which is max range of cat5e cable

  • i see. good to know. :-) thx.– akrokdesign

  

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  Dog-earJul 4, 09, 11:49 a.m. – Permalink

• ribit

  you could just use a switch (not a router), as long as the router is handing out as many IP addresses as needed (DHCP).

  (You said 'hub' but I assume you mean a router is attached to the cable modem)

  • no configuration needed with this method– ribit

  

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  Dog-earJul 4, 09, 5:43 p.m. – Permalink