Extra ports

[allover]

Am trying to obtain extra ports from my cable router
Did as was suggested in a thread, removed one cable from the back of my 3 out let Billion and hooked up my old Dlink to an outlet, works but now the computer is as slow as
Question would a simple switch be any faster if set up similarily?

[rob916]

should be the same, with or without the dlink unless its a 10Mb one.
Do some ping tests and check lag times.
Also if you have just put new pc's on the network chances are they are sucking bandwidth with updates.

[porkop]

ASUS 8port 10/100 switch $25 at msy...that'll give you a few extra to play with

[allover]

Thanks for the replies,purchased a switch, brand name WISE, but whoever did the translation must have been having them on!!
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At least they knew how to use spell check LOL