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Kymmy · 05-10-2009, 19:08

A switch will not share the internet connection, for that you need a router. A switch will alow devices to talk to each other but it doesn't know which packets are destined for the internet apart from the first device that connects to the modem.

05-10-2009, 19:08	#6
Kymmy Inactive Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,385	Re: How to connect my laptop and xbox with a netgear switch via a virgin media connec A switch will not share the internet connection, for that you need a router. A switch will alow devices to talk to each other but it doesn't know which packets are destined for the internet apart from the first device that connects to the modem.