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Basic networking question
Name: Robert Lindsley Date: October 13, 2002 at 15:11:03 Pacific OS: OSX 10.2.1 CPU/Ram: G4/400 192MB
Comment:
Hello,
I have a cable modem, with a router plugged into it. I have a 4 port hub plugged into the router. Everything is working fine.
My question is, can I plug another hub into the first hub? Would the router understand to assign more IP addresses to the additional hubs?
My goal is to plug more computers into my network, but I don't want to buy an 8 port hub, since I already have 2 smaller hubs. If I can't plug another hub into the first hub, is there another solution?
By the way, it's maybe worthy have a switch than a hub!!
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Response Number 2
Name: Date: October 14, 2002 at 20:23:35 Pacific
Reply:
unless there is a lot of parallel activity, it might not be worth the switch (eg: not a lot of local network activity) if it is mostly / all internet, there is no real advantage to the switch, it is all one bottleneck
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