So, my broadband cable router has 4 ethernet sockets, and all are currently busy (power line adapter, tv, sky box, console) and I'd like to keep those devices cabled.
I also want to have a bit of a dabble in smart home stuff - Sonos, Hue, Nest and whatnot. Most of these things seem to require, or work best when, their own 'hub' is plugged in to the wifi.
So I want to add a bunch of ports.
Looking on Amazon there are options for under £20 that will give 5-8 sockets - but I might be being dumb but none of the sockets look to be a designated upstream connection to the router - does it 'just work' however you connect it or do I need a particular type of switch?
thanks in advance
Red ones are better.
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This is how you connect a switch to a router:
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Get a £20 Netgear or D-Link switch- they are pretty much plug and play.
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(chosen as 8-port, gigabit, inexpensive)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-LINK-TL-SG108-8-Port-Gigabit-Ethernet/dp/B00A121WN6/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1482865237&sr=1-1&keywords=router&th=1
en [enter] <[password]> [enter], gi int [enter], ip address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (ip address then mask)[enter], exit [enter]
is hardly unpossible to type...
I have done some goofing with routers and switches years ago though..
my knowledge is CCNA switching and routing and CCNA Voice level..
and very rusty
and Sporks is right… Cisco config is not a huge pile of fun
the general rule of thumb [once the fundamentals are built] is to think of the OSI stack and build from the bottom up..
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is how I remembered Physical, Data, Network, Transport, Session, Presentation, Application :-)
GUIs exist.
Also the different syntax for different devices is daft.
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing-accessories/networking/network-routers-and-switches/network-switches/netgear-gs108-prosafe-8-port-ethernet-switch-00939526-pdt.html?istCompanyId=bec25c7e-cbcd-460d-81d5-a25372d2e3d7&istItemId=mraxxqq&istBid=tztx&srcid=198&cmpid=ppc~gg~1014+(PLA)+NETWORKING+-+Adaptive~1014+(PLA)+NETWORKING+-+Adaptive+ad+group~Exact&mctag=gg_goog_7904&kwid=GOOGLE&s_kwcid=DS!700000001428950!146789747898!!!g!!PRODUCT+GROUP&device=m&ds_kids=92700016395630965&PLA=1&gclid=CODG9Y-ZldECFUITGwodqPMAVw&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CJLLlJCZldECFRMT0wodtqoNPw
you see that sort of stuff all the time..
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