Thread: limited connectivity for second PC: Netgear EN104 4-ports 10Mbps Ethernet Hub Router
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Old 20-09-2008, 14:56   #5
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Re: limited connectivity for second PC: Netgear EN104 4-ports 10Mbps Ethernet Hub Rou
A hub is the equivelent of a multi socket electrical extension lead, it just provides more sockets to pug things in to.

A router takes one public IP address(which you get from VM), and allows more than one computer to use it(by a process called Network Address Translation - or NAT for short).

ADSL stands for asymmetric digital subscriber line, which means broadband through a telephone line where your download speed is greater than your upload. DSL is the same but covers a family of products that includes ADSL, and also SDSL.

You don't want a DSL router, you need a cable compatible router, this must have an Ethernet WAN port, not an RJ11 WAN port that you'll find on a DSL router.

A lot of people on this forum reccomend the Linksys WRT-54G, I tend to agree, I don't think you can go far wrong with this model.
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