Posted: 4/13/2009 5:37:25 AM EDT
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Me being the "IT" guy at work (here, that means I know how to hook up a printer)....I need to hook 2 computers into one Network plug.
One is for the old (pre-merger) insurance billing/posting, and the new one is for the post merger billing. I had the old one hooked into the network, but they need to move one of the new computers to the same area...and when they were re-wiring the building, they only ran one network cable to the wall plug. What it the easiest way to set this up? Is there a cable splitter (like a jack to hook 2 phones to one outlet)? Have to get a second router? Or, have to have them come and run a second cable? Most of the time only One computer would be running.....I can't install (proprietary) both software on one computer. Thanks!! AFARR |
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Hub or a small switch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_hub http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_switch |
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HUB -1 billion A switch if your last resort. A hub comes after you gnaw your own limb off. If the company intends to run them for any length of time, run a new drop, and bill it to whoever "Saved money" by only running one drop last time. 100base or gig? |
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HUB -1 billion A switch if your last resort. A hub comes after you gnaw your own limb off. If the company intends to run them for any length of time, run a new drop, and bill it to whoever "Saved money" by only running one drop last time. 100base or gig? +1 This is the proper way. |
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100base (I believe). Nobody here is network savy (including me). They put 2 of the new billing computers up front...and it takes up too much time and interferes with someone doing billing full time......
I hooked the computer in back (the old billing system) to the network by the simple expedient of figuring out that the plug wasn't connected to the router in the back. That made me look like a genius (tells you how computer illiterate we are here). This is a small doctors office..... Thanks for the recommendations.... |
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There's a HUGE difference between a cheap-ass 5 port unmanaged switch and a cheap-ass unmanaged 5-port hub. Use the switch. Hubs can impact the whole network in less-than-ideal ways.
You might need a crossover cable to hook the switch up at the wall. You need one to plug a switch to a switch if one or both isn't using auto-sensing ports. Now be aware.. Sometime down the line both of those computers is gonna fall off the network. The users will howl, it'll all be your fault. The problem however will be that the wall wart adapter for the damn switch either fell out of the wall or some idiot unplugged it for their coffee warmer. 
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The router in back is a wireless router....
I wonder if it would be easier to just hook through the wireless (get a wireless adaptor) than to hassle with the other stuff.....the old computer will be used for about 6 months max (as insurance slowly tapers off)....about 9 months from the last bill being sent is when you start to figure that the money's never going to come... AFARR |
| With 100base, if you are cheap to the point of stupid, you can duplex two runs over one line of cat5. 100base uses 2 pair (4 wires), while cat5 is 4 pair (8 wires). You can order online, or hit someplace like Microcenter or Frys and they'll have duplex jacks, which take two pairs, and route them to the correct pins on one plug, then the other two pairs to a second plug. I can't find it on microcenter's site right now, but I know I've seen it, here is a link to one. |