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hartski   01-08-2003 at 08:24:33 PM

Can routers work as standalone hubs? Let's say I have a router with built in 2 port hub can I plus another 4 port router to the 2 port router to increase the number of PCs than can share Internet?

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sturm   01-08-2003 at 08:33:40 PM
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if the router has an uplink port u can connect another switch/hub or router from there. U also maybe able to use one of the regular ports to expand off of. Check the router companies web page on the specs of the router.

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jlanka   01-08-2003 at 08:49:30 PM
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like sturm said, it's do-able. Either through an uplink port with a straight through cable, or a regular port with a crossover cable.

<i>It's always the one thing you never suspected.</i>

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hartski   01-08-2003 at 09:04:07 PM
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The uplink port isn't the one port at the back of the router that says WAN, right? It's found among the 4 ports in the front?

Also I'm only doing this coz I'm having a problem with the 4 port router. If you guys could be please it. It's a topic about Home Networking Internet Problem. I really want to fix that annoying prob. I get probs with surfing the ent but not with e-mailing, gaming, and instant messenging or FTP.

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jlanka   01-08-2003 at 10:34:22 PM
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yup - any one of the 4 will do. WAN is NOT uplink port.

Not sure what you're talking about in the 2nd paragraph...

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upec   01-09-2003 at 09:25:48 PM
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You will need to get a switch or hub not another router. Most of switch or hub have a uplink port and the router does not need to have an uplink port.

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Rob423   01-28-2003 at 03:15:55 PM
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dude, if you have a router already? right? and it only has 2 PC ports... then all you need to get is another HUB, not another router.

I woulda went with the Linksys 4-Port Router in the first place.. it's a good product.

anyway, im sure that router has an uplink port like stated above, usuall routers have a color picture diagram that shows all possible ways of connecting it..

the router i have, has a WAN, 4-Ports and an Uplink port.
i believe the WAN port is for like a printer that you wanna share with all your computers.. on the same network.

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