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PC networking question


Chris Wilson

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I have a Netgear router connecting two PC's and a ethernet over mains adaptor to the phone line and internet. I also connect a printer to one of the sockets. It is now using all its sockets and I want to add another PC and two more printers. I have acquired (thanks IanC) an old DLink DES1008 10/100 fast ethernet switch with 8 ports on it. can I connect the "input" port of the DES1008 to one of the "output" ports of the Netgear router, thus adding seven more ports? Is it as simple as that? Cheers.

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This is exactly how it works Chris. Make sure you put the likes of the printers onto the switch rather than a PC you want to use. Switches will slow things down a tiny little bit if using more than one port on it at the same time (as it switches back and forth).

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