Connecting Wireless router to a hub

[streetster]

simply:

Do i need crossover cable or straight?

Ta

[kidzer]

I'm 99% sure i'm right in saying straight cable will work.

[MadduckUK]

we have used straights here on 3 dierent routers (a netgear, a 2wire and now a samsung).

[streetster]

cool, i wasnt sure if i needed to use a crossover one for the 'uplink' port, or whether straight would do...

oh and can i daisy-chain hubs? for example:

ROUTER----->HUB---->HUB----->PC

with a couple of PCs off each hub?

the reason for this is the router is inside with 2 comps connected, one computer is upstairs, and two more are in an 'outbuilding' (aka a shed) at the end of the garden...

the idea is the cable will run upstairs, split via a hub, cable out to the shed (split here with another hub) and a cable to the computer upstairs

[kidzer]

I'm pretty sure that would work, if I was doing something like that, I would have it set up with 2 ports on the router connected to hubs (or switches), and then connect the PC onto those, like;

          Hub 1 -> PC1a
Router -<       -> PC1b
          Hub 2 -> PC2a
                -> PC2b

Apologies if the above doesn't display right, I had to play about to get it looking right at my end!

[streetster]

it needs to be router->hub1->hub2->pcs

with 2 pcs on the router, 1 off hub1 and 2 off hub2

[DigiGuru]

Only dont use hubs.... you'll get too much network chatter and it'll really slow things down....

Use switches

[ukengineer]

Has digi guru says, use switches, hubs split the 100 lan between all connections, a switch will allow 100 on each port...

[Supercharged]

Hubs broadcast on all ports where as a switch will intelligently manage the packet distribution.

You will normally need a crossover cable if going from a switch to switch but most domestic BB router's seem to adapt to either...