Adding a switch to a router

[RBBRMADE]

I am going to be adding a 10/100 8 port switch to a broadband router w/ 4 ports.
I know how to physically connect it, but I am wondering if the router will then automatically assign IPs to the connections on the switch, or if I will have to set those manually.
Does the switch become an 'extension' of the router that the router will see and control?

Thanx, Ron

 

[loup garou]

As long as dhcp is set up in the router and your dhcp range is big enough for the additional IPs, just plug it in.

 

[JackMDS]

A regular switch is a Passive device, you plug it and it work.

However make sure you use the right Cable.

The general Rules of Cable connection are:

NIC to NIC - Crossover Cable. (Computer directly to second computer).
NIC to Hub - Straight Cable. (Computer to Hub/Switch).
NIC to Uplink - Crossover Cable. (Computer to Uplink on a HUB/Switch).

Hub (regular) to Hub (regular) - Crossover Cable.
Hub (regular) to Hub Uplink - Straight Cable.
Hub Uplink to Hub Uplink - Crossover Cable.

Cable/DSL entry on a Cable/DSL Router (WAN) is an Uplink jack.

The above is a Quote from: CAT5 Straight, Crossover. What is CAT5, which one should I Use?

 

[Cheetah8799]

If you hook up the switch correctly it will act simply as another set of ports from your router. Nothing special or complicated about it.

 

[RBBRMADE]

Thanx. It was a piece o' cake!

Ron