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Stunt2061
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_ 		10. July 2005 @ 10:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
on the back of my router i have 2 lan ports and 1 WAN Port...i need another LAN port to connect my PS2 to...what do i have to do or buy i order to do this?...

thx :P
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Davedough
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_ 		10. July 2005 @ 14:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
How this relates to DVD backups is beyond me, but basically you'll need to buy a Hub and connect it to the Uplink port on the back of your router. This will essentially give you 4 more active ports to use. You may be able to find a dongle at your local computer shop that splits one ethernet port into two, kind of like the old phone jacks, but hubs are pretty cheap, so I'd go that route.
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Stunt2061
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_ 		10. July 2005 @ 15:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
thx would this do:

http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pi...

and by uplink you mean the WAN port right?
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Davedough
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_ 		10. July 2005 @ 16:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
That's a switch which is a little more than just a dummy hub and a tad more than what you need. You can usually find a passive hub for around $15US. Since that switch isn't much more, it'd work for what you want to do. The WAN link is usually to hook up to a gateway router, or in a home case, like a cable modem or ADSL router. You'd want to hook it up to (probably port 1) on your router and then the uplink port on the hub/switch. Most hubs and switches will clearly say "uplink" above the port. This just basically tells the hub that it's talking to another hub and not a PC. Its actually incredibly easy once you see all the parts together... it should all be very self explanitory.
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