Pat Farrell wrote: > thing-fish wrote: > >> LOL. In all seriousness, just use the single socket you already have, >> plug a switch into that, >> > > There are limits to the number of switches in line of an Ethernet > connection. You can't just daisey chain switch into switch into switch > forever. >
Realistically, in a house setup, adding a peripheral switch in every room, you'd end up with a maximum of 3. That shouldn't be any problem. BTW, aren't you talking about hubs? If not, what is the maximum of switches in 'line'? > In my house, the broadband comes into a firewall/nat and then to a > switch, which talks to home runs of CAT5 to each location. So there is > already a switch between my Transporter and a router. One more is > allowed by the spec, but I think that's the limit. > Really? > Wire is nearly free, its the labor to pull it that costs big bucks. > > I've pulled nearly 1600 linear feet of Cat5 cable in my house, and its > only a 2000 sqft center hall colonial. > I have thick concrete walls in a 4 story house. I'm extremely lucky they already pulled cat5 for the phones so I can use that. Pulling new connections is almost impossible. I've got an extra switch in my study. Of course, my main gigabit switch is plugged into my home router which has a 5 port switch built in already. So that's three in line for the stuff in the study. No problems yet. Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
