Turning a router into a hub

ratchetfps · 27-January-07, 10:04 PM

I have an old Wireless B 10/100 router, and I need a couple more network jacks in my room. I was wondering if there is a way to use my router as a simple hub. At the last LAN party we had at this house, I attempted to use this old thing to give us a couple extra ports, but none of us could get a connection from it. Would I be better off just spending a couple bucks and getting a nice little hub, or is there a way I can make this work. It's really old, so I'm a bit worried that routing my connection through this thing will slow down my speeds. I guess if I get it working, a simple internet speed test would suffice. Thanks in advance for the help.

degu22 · 27-January-07, 10:06 PM

Take the output from your router into the lan jacks of the old router. works for me.

ratchetfps · 27-January-07, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by degu22


	Take the output from your router into the lan jacks of the old router. works for me.

As I said in my first post, we tried this at a LAN and it did not work.

Fire Hawk · 28-January-07, 12:51 AM

I think you'd rather use a switch
a hub shares the connections, so, well, have you seen the nics with collision lights? the collision lights are for hubs, because all the nics would be using a single connection at once
with a switch, each computer has a connection, and it's switched, so, the computers don't share bandwidth
but, hubs aren't very expensive, at all
what kind of router are you using?

27-January-07, 10:04 PM		#1 (permalink)
ratchetfps Apex Tech Fanatic Supreme	Turning a router into a hub I have an old Wireless B 10/100 router, and I need a couple more network jacks in my room. I was wondering if there is a way to use my router as a simple hub. At the last LAN party we had at this house, I attempted to use this old thing to give us a couple extra ports, but none of us could get a connection from it. Would I be better off just spending a couple bucks and getting a nice little hub, or is there a way I can make this work. It's really old, so I'm a bit worried that routing my connection through this thing will slow down my speeds. I guess if I get it working, a simple internet speed test would suffice. Thanks in advance for the help.

27-January-07, 10:06 PM		#2 (permalink)
degu22 Apex Techie II	Re: Turning a router into a hub Take the output from your router into the lan jacks of the old router. works for me.

28-January-07, 12:51 AM		#4 (permalink)
Fire Hawk Apex Tech Maniac	Re: Turning a router into a hub I think you'd rather use a switch a hub shares the connections, so, well, have you seen the nics with collision lights? the collision lights are for hubs, because all the nics would be using a single connection at once with a switch, each computer has a connection, and it's switched, so, the computers don't share bandwidth but, hubs aren't very expensive, at all what kind of router are you using?

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