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Fed up with continually disconnecting etc.
Wondering about connecting access points..
Must there be a hub, with access points radiating from it, or can I connect access points to one another, and then connect the principal access point to the router?
Wondering about connecting access points..
Must there be a hub, with access points radiating from it, or can I connect access points to one another, and then connect the principal access point to the router?
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OK that makes more sense, I know what you mean now.
you can not just daisy chain wall ports together, each one has to go back to either a network switch or the main router.
What you can do is (for example here) plug one cable into the router, run that single cable upstairs and then put a network switch on the end of that cable and run all the upstairs ports from that switch with just the one single cable linking up and downstairs.
you can not just daisy chain wall ports together, each one has to go back to either a network switch or the main router.
What you can do is (for example here) plug one cable into the router, run that single cable upstairs and then put a network switch on the end of that cable and run all the upstairs ports from that switch with just the one single cable linking up and downstairs.
BTW, also you siad network hub, which would work, but network switches are a better thing to use.
The difference being that a hub is stupid and if it receives any data it sends that data to every computer connected to it and the computer then decides if the data is for it or not. A switch is intelligent and if it receives any data it figures out what computer the data is for and only sends it to that computer therefore hugely reducing load on the rest of the network.
(I'm not being picky here BTW, but the terms used do make a big difference)
The difference being that a hub is stupid and if it receives any data it sends that data to every computer connected to it and the computer then decides if the data is for it or not. A switch is intelligent and if it receives any data it figures out what computer the data is for and only sends it to that computer therefore hugely reducing load on the rest of the network.
(I'm not being picky here BTW, but the terms used do make a big difference)
Thanks. I thought I probably wouldn't be able to daisy chain them together but I figured I should check.
If I have an old modem-cum-router which no longer functions as a modem, does that count as a switch? (Got a few of these actually because they kept breaking..)
(I remember in fact that we threw away our network hub quite some years ago)
If I have an old modem-cum-router which no longer functions as a modem, does that count as a switch? (Got a few of these actually because they kept breaking..)
(I remember in fact that we threw away our network hub quite some years ago)
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