Your simplest bet is probably to buy a cheap hub or switch -- you can probably get a 5- or 8-port 100MB switch for under $25 online. Then use its uplink port to connect to one of the ports on the router.
Note that if it's a hub, this is as far as you can go (if I remember right); there's a limit to the number of "hops". Switches are different because (IIRC) they reproduce the signal, thereby "resetting" the allowable hops. ap ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu On 22 Oct 2002, William Gomeringer wrote: > I have a 4 port router that is and all the ports are being used, but I > need to hook up one more computer. My Web, Email server is connected to > one of the ports. I have a bunch of network cards lying around > collecting dust. Can I put one of these cards in the server and connect > to the outside world through that, or will I just be able to access the > local network? Other than buying another router what do I need to do > here? William > > > > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html > _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
