Adding a switch

[minendo]

Right now my network looks like this:

Cable modem ---> Router ---> WAP and wired computers.

However, now I have a few more PCs to add and need to install a switch. So I have the uplink port on my router and an uplink port on the switch. Do I just connect these two with a straight through cable?

 

[skyking]

Uplink refers to the direction of the travel to the core. Hook the uplink port of the switch to any regular port on the core switch or router, using a regular cable. If it is a shared uplink/regular port, do not use the adjacent regular port.
In other words, if it an 8 port switch with 9 rj45 jacks, use the uplink and the other 7 away from that end, for a total of 8 connections.

 

[JackMDS]

Link to: AnandTech FAQs - The general Rules of Cable connection.

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[networkman]

Just as skyking already said. And yes, I do the same thing at my house.. albeit with a few switches in the mix as opposed to just one.