Ashton Crusher
2005-03-08 06:03:16 UTC
My sister has computers in two different rooms right now. They are on
cable and upstairs they have the cable modem and a router. The
upstairs computer and downstairs computer are hooked up by ethernet
cables to the router. She doesn't want to have to run a second cable
down from upstairs to put a second downstairs computer on the
"network". Can the downstairs cable be hooked up to a switch (or
should it be another router) and then from that switch (or router) can
she then connect the two downstairs computer to that? Assuming you
can do this, is the whole thing just plug in the stuff and go or is
there some kind of setup that's needed with this new switch (or
router)?
cable and upstairs they have the cable modem and a router. The
upstairs computer and downstairs computer are hooked up by ethernet
cables to the router. She doesn't want to have to run a second cable
down from upstairs to put a second downstairs computer on the
"network". Can the downstairs cable be hooked up to a switch (or
should it be another router) and then from that switch (or router) can
she then connect the two downstairs computer to that? Assuming you
can do this, is the whole thing just plug in the stuff and go or is
there some kind of setup that's needed with this new switch (or
router)?