[AccessD] Hub problem

Hi Rocky, forget the hub--it is old technology.  You would be far better
to use buy a switch.  I have the same setup as you; only 4 wired on the
router but needed more so I got a Linksys switch from Newegg--see below. 
A hub will allow ALL traffic to anything connected to the hub, which can
cause performance issues, where a switch will direct traffic to the
particular device by analyzing the ip adress.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124005

Mike...

> Dear List:
>
> I have a nice netgerar router with wireless and four ports.  Problem is
> that
> I need five ports.  I had an old hub in the cabinet so I connected one of
> the router's ports to the hub.  One of the ports on the hub goes to a
> Netgear XE102 wall plugged bridge which gives another computer and the
> HDTV
> access to the network and the net through two other XE102s.  Everything
> works a treat.
>
> But when I try to connect another machine (via regular Cat-5/RJ45 cable)
> to
> an empty port on the hub, the computer can see the network but not the
> internet - windows diagnosis shows the computer is connected to
> 'unidentified network', 'local access only', and says that the IP address
> is
> invalid - which it is - looks like some kind of fixed IP instead of the
> 192.168.1.n number assigned by the router (?).
>
> Oddly, the Netgear bridge doesn't have a problem - don't know why. And
> years
> ago I was using this hub to connect machines. So I think the hub is good
> (the Netgear Bridge works in all the hub's ports) and the cables are good
> -
> I tested them by using the router's ports - and it worked.
>
> Anybody know why these ports won't work? Is there a way to use the empty
> ports on the hub?  Should I get a switch?
>
>
>
> MTIA
>
>
>
> Rocky
>
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