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Ok its upgrade time for our LAN partys!
More Members more internet hungry computers and not enough Ethernet ports to go round. Our solution (I think) is to get a network switch. We need advice to get the best one and how to use it most effectively. Our Budget is up to £50 (£30-£40 best).
We need at least 16 Ports and simple plug and play connection. I would prefer to run one switch because of latency problems with two.
I picked out this one from Ebuyer : http://www.ebuyer.com/281745-tp-link-24-port-10-100-rackmount-unamanged-switch-tl-sf1024d
One Question: for that style of network hub there is no dedicated "WAN Input/ Internet connection port" Can we just plug a cat 5 from the modem to one of the 24 ports and then every other computer connected will get internet?
One other Question: Found a better one? Tell me!
One More Question: Have I done something completely wrong and should be using a strange contraption I have not heard of before?
P.S. Thank you for any help/guidance on this topic
More Members more internet hungry computers and not enough Ethernet ports to go round. Our solution (I think) is to get a network switch. We need advice to get the best one and how to use it most effectively. Our Budget is up to £50 (£30-£40 best).
We need at least 16 Ports and simple plug and play connection. I would prefer to run one switch because of latency problems with two.
I picked out this one from Ebuyer : http://www.ebuyer.com/281745-tp-link-24-port-10-100-rackmount-unamanged-switch-tl-sf1024d
One Question: for that style of network hub there is no dedicated "WAN Input/ Internet connection port" Can we just plug a cat 5 from the modem to one of the 24 ports and then every other computer connected will get internet?
One other Question: Found a better one? Tell me!
One More Question: Have I done something completely wrong and should be using a strange contraption I have not heard of before?
P.S. Thank you for any help/guidance on this topic
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