DumbStick 13 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Can anyone help? I'm trying to get my head round this. Here's my setup Internet into house > NTT box > Apple Time Machine Wifi > LAN switching hub Wired LAN cables (cat 6) connecting in from around the house to the LAN switching hub. Works good. Problem! There is one LAN connection point in the house where I'd ideally like there to be another one in the same place. Is there any gizmo I can buy that allows me to make that one LAN connection into two (that I can use simultaneaously)? If so, what is said gizmo? Does that even make sense? Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Simple splitter perhaps? Or if you want more than 2, you can add a hub to your hub, so to speak. I think you can anyway. Anyone care to elaborate? Link to post Share on other sites
DoctorOctopus 2 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Yes, you can add another LAN switching hub to a LAN port connection in the wall to add more ports. That should work. Buffalo do a 5 connection one for just over 2000 yen. Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 Thanks. I think I will try that, sounds like it would definitely be worth it. Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 For anyone else who might be interested.... works great right from the go. Network extended, new connections! I can have my telly, sky perfect and dvd player all plugged in. Quite why I need that, I'm not so sure, but Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Good stuff. Interesting to know. Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Seems so obvious now, but didn't realize you could do that. Cheers mate. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Is it really just a question of plugging this into the wall LAN connection and then presumably adding up to 4 more? Link to post Share on other sites
onehunga 26 Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Yes, this is all that is needed. This is what a hub is designed to do. A switch is better for the job, but is more expensive. What is the difference? Using Dumbsticks extension as an example, with a hub if his TV requests something, ie a webpage, from the Internet the result is sent to all devices attached to the hub. So the TV, Skyperfect and DVD player all receive the webpage, even though only the TV wants it. With a switch, the webpage is only sent to the TV. On a network with a lot of traffic a hub can slow the network down. For a home network a hub is good enough. Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted October 31, 2013 Author Share Posted October 31, 2013 Mine is actually called a "switching hub" I believe.... Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Question. The one that dumbstick has the "switching hub", presumably that is a good one that won't waste bandwidth as you suggested onehunga? Link to post Share on other sites
onehunga 26 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Yes, Pies, a switching hub is able to send packets to the correct port, won't waste bandwidth. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Yes same as mine switching or dual channel it give optimum speed at all times by switching channels as required. Connected it all up tonight now my printer computer TV and phone are all on wifi again. Seems to work very well anywhere inside and outside my house so happy about that. Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted November 1, 2013 Author Share Posted November 1, 2013 Actually not the same, we are talking about wired LAN network, not wifi.... Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Oh ok sorry yeah now when I read back properly I see you are talking about Lan and not wifi. Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 A really cool thing about this I have just found out about this LAN network is... I can watch programs that I have recorded on the skyperfect hdd in the living room, on my tv in the bedroom. Cool! Shared computer stuff is good too. Like it. Link to post Share on other sites
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