[TriLUG] Network Cards

[Andrew Perrin]

Your simplest bet is probably to buy a cheap hub or switch -- you can
probably get a 5- or 8-port 100MB switch for under $25 online.  Then use
its uplink port to connect to one of the ports on the router.

Note that if it's a hub, this is as far as you can go (if I remember
right); there's a limit to the number of "hops".  Switches are different
because (IIRC) they reproduce the signal, thereby "resetting" the
allowable hops.

ap

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu


On 22 Oct 2002, William Gomeringer wrote:

> I have a 4 port router that is and all the ports are being used, but I
> need to hook up one more computer. My Web, Email server is connected to
> one of the ports. I have a bunch of network cards lying around
> collecting dust. Can I put one of these cards in the server and connect
> to the outside world through that, or will I just be able to access the
> local network? Other than buying another router what do I need to do
> here?  William
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> TriLUG mailing list
>     http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
> TriLUG Organizational FAQ:
>     http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
>