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Can I wire a switch to net and then to a Router and still get internet connection? - 568 - 05-08-2014 07:52 PM
Here how It is :
internet => SWITCH <===[via RG47]===> ROUTER WIFI <==========> PC
And still get internet through WIFI ?
- Fola - 05-08-2014 07:56 PM
Come again in English please!
- 409 - 05-08-2014 08:12 PM
If this helps I have a 10 port internet switch plugged into my router and it works fine. I do computer repair and have 3 work benches, so I need ethernent cables for
my work benches when I do repair on desktop computers.
- Adrian - 05-08-2014 08:26 PM
The PC should still get Internet, but there is absolutely no reason to put in that switch. That is because the switch cannot route (not a router). Anyone connecting to the switch will get the one and only one IP address from the internet modem, disconnecting the router and its users.
To share internet with more than one device at the same time, the router must be the first device after the ISP's connection to the Internet (usually the ISP modem). Only after the router, can you add a switch, and expand the network.