two routers?

[DukeAbercrombie]

ok i have cable box thats hooked up to a hub that only has 3 ports

from one of those lines, can i hook up another hub to split off into two computers instead of one?

just wondering thnx

 

[Turkish]

i think you can but don't take my word into it

 

[Alptraum]

In a nutshell yes. But you don't want two routers. Just get a 5 or 8 port switch or hub and connect all your PCs to it and then connect that to the router.

 

[TheCorm]

Oh for sure....there should be an uplink on the Hub and you can connect to the uplink port on another hub to daisy chain together to make a bigger network.

as for your title, were you thinking about connecting Two Routers? I think that may be possible, whether you would just be using the hub side of the 2nd router and disabling it's other features I dunno....I'm sure someone can explain.

Only 3 ports? Weird, smallest I have seen is 4 ports.

Jamie

p.s: This would be better suited to the "Networking" section

 

[AbsolutDealage]

You need a switch or a hub and it should work fine. Try this.

 

[DukeAbercrombie]

i dont know how computers work, but the cox cable said something about that there can only be 3 ip addresses because that is all we are paying for, , can we hook up another laptop from the hub or whatever, and just split the internet connection

 

[Alptraum]

Originally posted by: DukeAbercrombie
i dont know how computers work, but the cox cable said something about that there can only be 3 ip addresses because that is all we are paying for, , can we hook up another laptop from the hub or whatever, and just split the internet connection

Well, if the issue is that you are running out of IPs to hand out from Cox you have a few options. If you are running one of the newer MS OSs then you can set up internet connection sharing without needing too much computer knowledge. You also have a number of options with DHCP. Odds are decent your router supports it.

 

[billandopus]

I'm no networking guru but from what I understand that a router will appear to Cox Cable as one IP address and anything hooked up to your router is shielded from Cox.

What everyone is suggesting that you use a hub that will accomodate whatever amount of connections you need and just hook that up to the router. Since the router is all that Cox sees then you won't go over your 3 IP limit.

The router is your single entrance and your hub are the various rooms. People on the outside of the house (Cox) only see the door (the router).

Or something like that.

 

[FrOsTxxbYtE]

yes, but try and find someone that has done it before to help you