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piasabird · 08-16-2002, 02:10 PM

Add a workgroup switch that has an uplink port. A switch is much better than a hub the hub will attempt to send messages to all the other computers and congest your network; A Switch will not. If you really wanted another router you could just buy an 8 port model and sell the old one.

08-16-2002, 02:10 PM	#4
piasabird Member (11 bit) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Confluence of the Mississippi and Misouri Rivers Posts: 1,242	Add a workgroup switch that has an uplink port. A switch is much better than a hub the hub will attempt to send messages to all the other computers and congest your network; A Switch will not. If you really wanted another router you could just buy an 8 port model and sell the old one.