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Connect Router to hub?
Name: gazzadrew Date: April 29, 2004 at 03:11:36 Pacific OS: XP PRO CPU/Ram: 2700XP+ 512DDR
Comment:
If I have a router: Netgear DG834 ADSL Firewall Router
Can I connect this to a switch so I can connect more computers to the ADSL thanx gazzadrew
Name: Curt R Date: April 29, 2004 at 04:30:17 Pacific
Reply:
Yes you can. Likely you'll have to go from the uplink port on the router to the switch. Read the manual's on both before you go ahead and start connecting devices, they'll tell you what to plug in where.
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Response Number 2
Name: rafiq1983 Date: April 30, 2004 at 09:00:20 Pacific
Reply:
Yes you can, but you have to use cross over cable from router to hub and then straight thru for your other computers.
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