Ran out of LAN ports what now??
 

Hi guys was wondering for some help here, i have a Router but i have used all the LAN ports up on the back but i need one more! What do i do? Do i buy a hub and link the hub to a LAN port and then put the other LAN cables into the hub? Whats the best way to do this? Thanks in advance guys

Stephen

Re: Ran out of LAN ports what now??
 

Get a Hub or better still a swtich.
Plug the switch into the router
Plug the other devices into the switch

Voilla sorted.

Re: Ran out of LAN ports what now??
 

Yep, buy a hub, or switch. Connect it by ethernet to one of your router's LAN ports, and then run whatever network cables you need to your toys from the switch / hub.

A switch is often to be preferred over a hub. A hub sends stuff to all the connections, whereas the switch will limit traffic to the connections that actually make use of your data.

Some hubs / switches have an "uplink" port. If you get one of those, that is the port that needs to be connected to your router.

Re: Ran out of LAN ports what now??
 

A switch, thanks guys, what is the proper name of this switch? like on Ebuyer or somewhere?

Re: Ran out of LAN ports what now??
 

100mbit switch

Unless you need a 1000mbit one

They are very expensive though i mean look at the price of this one ;)
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Perip...roductId=27019

Search switch on ebuyer in the networking section they should show up.

Re: Ran out of LAN ports what now??
 

could you have a look at this please and tell me if this would be ok?
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/127067

Thanks

Re: Ran out of LAN ports what now??
 

Yeah that should do the trick nicely.

Edit:

although for an extra £1 you could have an 8port version
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/127068

Re: Ran out of LAN ports what now??
 

Thanks alot for your help guys i'll get one ordered, i only need an extra port though! so i dont think i'll get the 8 port version, thanks again guys

Stephen

Re: Ran out of LAN ports what now??
 

At the moment anyway ;) Might have been a good idea to get the 8 porter just in case :D

Re: Ran out of LAN ports what now??
 

U'd be supirised how quickly they go :Yikes:

Re: Ran out of LAN ports what now??
 

Bloody hell!!! Have switches really come down that much?? Crikey!!!

Mind you - I'm always looking for the "best" switches for customers..

Re: Ran out of LAN ports what now??
 

Saying that, unless they specifically require a managed switch, what's the difference between a Netgear bog standard and something badged Sweex?

Re: Ran out of LAN ports what now??
 

Whats wrong with wireless?

If the router has wireless just buy a wireless adapter, other wise you could get a wireless access point which plugs into the rouer, and get as many wireless adapters as needed

Re: Ran out of LAN ports what now??
 

Shove 10gb though wireless then tell me whats wrong with it.

Re: Ran out of LAN ports what now??
 

wireless 10GigE is far to expensive for your average users/small or even medium business, but it does exist if you want it today for your backhaul.

several wireless 11N Routers now come with 1Gigabit LAN/RJ45 connections if thats what you want for future expansion.