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Posted by Fleemo on March 3, 2009, 4:11 pm
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devices (a PS3 and an Apple TV) to my Ethernet network, but both only have one Ethernet port in the back. How would I daisy chain devices, or must I use some kind of hub behind my home entertainment system? | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Arnold Nipper on March 3, 2009, 4:24 pm
Please log in for more thread options Exactly, that's the reason fine people invented a gear named "switch" (in old days called "hub"). Look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_switch for in depth description. HTH, Arnold -- Arnold Nipper, AN45 | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Rick Jones on March 3, 2009, 4:56 pm
Please log in for more thread options > Sorry if this is a goofy question, but I'd like to hook up multiple
> devices (a PS3 and an Apple TV) to my Ethernet network, but both > only have one Ethernet port in the back. How would I daisy chain > devices, or must I use some kind of hub behind my home entertainment > system? Daisy chaining in Ethernet "went away" after 10BaseT supplanted 10Base2 - aka "ThinLAN" networks running over coaxial cable. Today, if you have only one port per device and more than two devices you wish to join together, you either get a hub, which some folks call(ed) a multi-port repeater, in which all devices share the same bandwidth and only one device talks on the network at any one instant, and there is no traffic isolation - all stations can see all traffic; or you get a switch, also called a multi-port bridge, where distinct pairs of stations can be speaking to one another at the same time, and 99 times out of 10, one station will not see traffic destined for another. As you mention "my Ethernet network" it suggests you already have some sort of network? Does it not already have open ports to which you could connect the PS3 and the AppleTV? rick jones -- No need to believe in either side, or any side. There is no cause. There's only yourself. The belief is in your own precision. - Joubert these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... :) feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Fleemo on March 3, 2009, 6:20 pm
Please log in for more thread options Many thanks for the responses.
> As you mention "my Ethernet network" it suggests you already have some
> sort of network? =A0Does it not already have open ports to which you > could connect the PS3 and the AppleTV? At this point, my setup consists of my computer, a router and a very long Ethernet cable being run from my router, through the attic, and into the living room where it's currently plugged into my PS3. But eventually I'd like to add Apple TV to the mix. So I'm looking for an economical way of connecting multiple devices to the end of this very long Ethernet cable in the living room. | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Arnold Nipper on March 3, 2009, 6:46 pm
Please log in for more thread options On 04.03.2009 00:20 Fleemo wrote
> Many thanks for the responses.
> >> As you mention "my Ethernet network" it suggests you already have some
>> sort of network? Does it not already have open ports to which you >> could connect the PS3 and the AppleTV? >
> At this point, my setup consists of my computer, a router and a very > long Ethernet cable being run from my router, through the attic, and > into the living room where it's currently plugged into my PS3. But > eventually I'd like to add Apple TV to the mix. So I'm looking for an > economical way of connecting multiple devices to the end of this very > long Ethernet cable in the living room. Have a look at dlink, linksys, nways, ... Arnold -- Arnold Nipper, AN45 | ||||||||||||||||
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> devices (a PS3 and an Apple TV) to my Ethernet network, but both only
> have one Ethernet port in the back. How would I daisy chain devices,
> or must I use some kind of hub behind my home entertainment system?