USING A SPLITTER TO CONNECT THE OBI 100 ?
azrobert:
A switch is a way to connect 2 more remote devices with 1 long cable to a router. You connect the router to the switch with a long cable then 2 short cables from the devices to the switch.
See: http://www.newegg.com/Switches/SubCategory/ID-30?cm%5Fsp=Cat%5FWired%2DNetworking%5F1%2DVisNav%2D%5F%2DSwitches&Order=PRICE
Pick 1 with a lot of positive reviews. I have a relatively cheap switch that works perfectly.
zorlac:
Quote from: azrobert on January 07, 2015, 10:44:21 am
A switch is a way to connect 2 more remote devices with 1 long cable to a router. You connect the router to the switch with a long cable then 2 short cables from the devices to the switch.
See: http://www.newegg.com/Switches/SubCategory/ID-30?cm%5Fsp=Cat%5FWired%2DNetworking%5F1%2DVisNav%2D%5F%2DSwitches&Order=PRICE
Your "splitter" might look something like this.
freedave:
Thank you very much for these responses.
I'm getting the idea now -- yes, the back of the "splitter" has five ports like the image I just received.
The router is outside my apartment -- it is for the whole apartment building.
My ethernet cable connects to a TRENDnet 5-Port ethernet switch which is somehow connected to the router.
The guy who has the ethernet switch calls it a splitter -- it is in his room -- the ethernet cable for my computer plugs into it through a wall -- there is currently one free port -- he told me that he is afraid that if another ethernet cable is plugged into it, it might cause an overload.
Any other suggestions?
Dave
drgeoff:
You'll need to paraphrase this. His talk of overloading is male bovine excrement.
azrobert:
If he won't let you use the last port on the switch you can get your own switch.
Disconnect the cable from your computer and connect it to your switch.
Then use 2 more cables to connect your computer and OBi to the switch.
I just tried this configuration and it does work.
Newegg has good prices.
See the link in my last post.
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