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    Can someone please advise...if I have a netgear router and I join 3 bedroom LAN cat 5 cables can I plug them all into 1 port and have them activate?

    or do I have to setup a network?



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    Ar Nooooooooooooooooooooo



    1 cable to 1 port . Get a 4 port switch or hub and plug it into your router

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    as Pieces said, just installed a switch and works a treat, $25 for 8 ports

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    Quote Originally Posted by pieces View Post
    Ar Nooooooooooooooooooooo



    1 cable to 1 port . Get a 4 port switch or hub and plug it into your router
    as pieces and allover have said - you need to plug in each pc to a different port in your Router as your computers require a unique address on your network. If your router only has 1 port then you will need a 4 or 8 port switch, that gets plugged into the router and the computers get plugged into the switch and you will all have access to the network (internet, shared printers etc)

    hope this helps


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    thanks guys you just confirmed my suspicions
    thanks for the help

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