Re: Switch Going to Router?

You don't need to have parts from the same vendor for this to work. Just
make sure to use Cat5e cable or better and if you make your own ends that
they are made properly.
Also, make sure you use a 10/100/1000 switch and not a hub.

Adair


"Always Another Question" <nobody@pseudo.borked.net> wrote in message
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> OK, here's my question:
>
> I have several computers on my desk which are connected
> to my wireless router with short Ethernet cables. The
> wireless function is used by my notebook computer which
> is used in various parts of the house. Coverage is
> obstructed and I have to move the router to a different
> spot in the house which will have a more consistent
> signal at the notebook wherever it's used. So...I will
> have to have a longer Ethernet connection from my
> office computers to the router. Rather than run three
> or four 25' ethernet cables connecting each individual
> computer to the router, can I run all of them into a
> switch (remember those?) at my desk and have a single
> 25' cable go from the switch to the router? Switch and
> router are both 10/100 fast Ethernet from the same
> manufacturer and presumably compatible otherwise.
>
> I have all the parts to do this, if it will work.
> Otherwise I'll have to waste three hours on a trip to
> Fry's to get anything else additional.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>