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  • 17-01-2006 3:01pm
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    dusty14
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭


    at the moment i have bb with eircom. I have a netopia modem that is connected into a 4 port wireless 3 com gateway. I have 4 pcs connected to that and the are networked share files and have internet access. I now need to add another computer - possibly 2, there is no space in the the 3 come dls gateway. How can i best achieve this?


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    cherrio
    Registered Users Posts: 383 ✭✭cherrio


    Wireless. Any other way you will have to buy a new router. You could try putting extra NICs into a connected one, and then try Connection Sharing, but that would be very messy.


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    dusty14
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭dusty14


    thanks for your reply - do you mean i'll have to swap the 4 port 3 com dsl gateway i have - or can i just buy a small hub of some sort and connect to that. Would that work. Can you suggest what i should buy?


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    Kali
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,601 ✭✭✭Kali


    Any small switch or hub should do the trick by plugging into the wireless access point. Probably a lot better off getting a switch though... a basic 8-port should be less than 60euro.


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    dusty14
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭dusty14


    ok can you suggest a switch ?- will this replce my 3 com box or do i still use this. At the moment the 3com give out ip address to my other pcs - how will this work with the new switch


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    Kali
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    dusty14 wrote:
    ok can you suggest a switch ?- will this replce my 3 com box or do i still use this. At the moment the 3com give out ip address to my other pcs - how will this work with the new switch

    a switch won't intefere with the 3com wireless router at all.. if you connect a switch directly to one of the ports on it, any pcs then connected to that switch will still be able to receive new IP addresses (by a process called DHCP)... as I said ANY cheap switch will do the job, theres no need to buy anything specific.


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    quazzy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,307 ✭✭✭quazzy


    dusty14 wrote:
    ok can you suggest a switch ?- will this replce my 3 com box or do i still use this. At the moment the 3com give out ip address to my other pcs - how will this work with the new switch

    Komplett have some:
    http://www.komplett.ie/k/kl.asp?bn=10278

    And try http://www.marxcomputers.ie/ for a 8 port switch. I think you can get one for 25 euro - I got mine last year from them and it still working fine

    No config needed.
    PLug LAN cable from Netopia router into Switch.
    Connect all other pcs into the remaining 7 ports on the switch.

    Quazzy


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