Five computers & a 4-port router: How to do it?

[Virtualbody1234]

I have already encountered this exact situation.

I connected a hub to the uplink port of my router.

[suprafreak6]

ill sell ya a switch 4 port for like 10 bucks

[lynx]

dumb ass greedy f***er.

Edit: Oops, wrong thread.

[GepperRankins]

I have already encountered this exact situation.

I connected a hub to the uplink port of my router.

waste of money if you have an uplink port. we've got 5 things connected to a 4 port hub and there's no problems

[Livy]

the uplink port is usually just one of the router ports rewired a different way so that you can plug a switch or another device is with a patch cord. its not a seperate port.

[madonion]

guys: thanks for all the help. u guys are great.
so if i understood correctly, i should be able to just add a simple hub off one of the four router ports. i do hope it will be as simple as plug and play....(my router doesn't have an uplink port )

here another question:
if i have a static ip address from my internet provider, in the above configuration (5 pcs: three connected directly to the router, and two via the hub to the router) will the ip addresses at each of the pcs always be static? even after power cycles on the pcs, hub and router?

sorry if that sounds like totally n00b question! i'm still learning networking

thanks!

madonion

[madonion]

hey suprafreak,

thanks for the offer!
if i was in the usa, i'd take ya up on it. but i'm in europe (and not western europe, no less ) so who knows how long it would take 2 show up.....?

madonion

ill sell ya a switch 4 port for like 10 bucks

[ilw]

here another question:
if i have a static ip address from my internet provider, in the above configuration (5 pcs: three connected directly to the router, and two via the hub to the router) will the ip addresses at each of the pcs always be static? even after power cycles on the pcs, hub and router?

Do you want the network ip address to be static or the internet ip address?
Your Internet ip will be static as its set by the ISP, so adding a hub won't change anything.
Network ip can be set to be static or dynamic on each pc...

If the above makes no sense to you it might be easier to just say why you want the ip address to be static.

[muchspl3]

Either:

a: get another router and connect its WAN port to one of the LAN ports on your original router, then connect two PCs to it, or

b: connect four PCs to the router and the fifth to a second NIC installed in one of the connected PCs, then use ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) on the PC with two NICs to allow the fifth PC to connect to the internet through it, or

c: get a WiFi router with four LAN sockets, and a wireless NIC. Connect four PCs through cabling and the fifth wirelessly.

BTW: moved to Discussions/Hardware

easier to just buy a switch imo

[madonion]

understood. (i think! )
so when u refer to 'network ip', you're talking about the ip address at each pc that the "outside world" (aka internet) would use to access that pc, correct?
in that case, yes they should all be static. how do i go about making that setting?
thanks!

madonion

Do you want the network ip address to be static or the internet ip address?
Your Internet ip will be static as its set by the ISP, so adding a hub won't change anything.
Network ip can be set to be static or dynamic on each pc...

If the above makes no sense to you it might be easier to just say why you want the ip address to be static.