Networking router with only one port.

I purchased an ADSL modem, which it says is a router.

When I plug it in using the USB windows recognises it and it works, but
I want to know is, it only has one ethernet port, so how am i meant to
network with it?

Is it as i suspect that you're meant to plug it into your pc using the
USB, then use the eternet port to plug it into the other pc on your network.

I'm asking because at the moment i have a 3 PC network (mine and 2
clients) and would like to know if i can use this modem/router to
network them.

Its an ADSL-MR1A router, which uses a conexant chip.

Any help would be appreciated.

"Newsscanner" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:dbqmh7$i3g$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I purchased an ADSL modem, which it says is a router.
>
> When I plug it in using the USB windows recognises it and it works,
> but I want to know is, it only has one ethernet port, so how am i
> meant to network with it?
>
> Is it as i suspect that you're meant to plug it into your pc using the
> USB, then use the eternet port to plug it into the other pc on your
> network.
>
> I'm asking because at the moment i have a 3 PC network (mine and 2
> clients) and would like to know if i can use this modem/router to
> network them.
>
> Its an ADSL-MR1A router, which uses a conexant chip.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.


Connect a switch to the Ethernet port of the router.

P.S.
There are way too many manufacturers of routers to bother hunting around
all their web sites to see which has one with a model number of MR1A.

Vanguard wrote:
> "Newsscanner" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:dbqmh7$i3g$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>> I purchased an ADSL modem, which it says is a router.
>>
>> When I plug it in using the USB windows recognises it and it works,
>> but I want to know is, it only has one ethernet port, so how am i
>> meant to network with it?
>>
>> Is it as i suspect that you're meant to plug it into your pc using the
>> USB, then use the eternet port to plug it into the other pc on your
>> network.
>>
>> I'm asking because at the moment i have a 3 PC network (mine and 2
>> clients) and would like to know if i can use this modem/router to
>> network them.
>>
>> Its an ADSL-MR1A router, which uses a conexant chip.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
>
> Connect a switch to the Ethernet port of the router.
>
> P.S.
> There are way too many manufacturers of routers to bother hunting around
> all their web sites to see which has one with a model number of MR1A.
Thank you for that reply.
At the moment the 3 PCs are linked through a 4 port hub.
Will this do too instead of a switch?
Thank you,
Newsscanner.

"Newsscanner" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:dbqsp1$fro$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Vanguard wrote:
>> "Newsscanner" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:dbqmh7$i3g$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>> I purchased an ADSL modem, which it says is a router.
>>>
>>> When I plug it in using the USB windows recognises it and it works,
>>> but I want to know is, it only has one ethernet port, so how am i
>>> meant to network with it?
>>>
>>> Is it as i suspect that you're meant to plug it into your pc using
>>> the USB, then use the eternet port to plug it into the other pc on
>>> your network.
>>>
>>> I'm asking because at the moment i have a 3 PC network (mine and 2
>>> clients) and would like to know if i can use this modem/router to
>>> network them.
>>>
>>> Its an ADSL-MR1A router, which uses a conexant chip.
>>>
>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>> Connect a switch to the Ethernet port of the router.
>>
>> P.S.
>> There are way too many manufacturers of routers to bother hunting
>> around all their web sites to see which has one with a model number
>> of MR1A.
> Thank you for that reply.
> At the moment the 3 PCs are linked through a 4 port hub.
> Will this do too instead of a switch?
> Thank you,
> Newsscanner.


The hub means all the connected hosts will *share* whatever is the
maximum bandwidth rating for the hub. A switch creates a virtual route
between the connected hosts which gets the full bandwidth of the device.
So, for example with a hub rated for 10Mbps, the 3 or 4 hosts will share
that 10Mbps bandwidth. If you dump a lot of traffic for one host, like
a network printer or a huge download, then you choke the other hosts.
You won't with a switch (and why a switch is more expensive than a hub).
How much degradation you experience with a hub versus a switch depends
on how much traffic you are trying to push around and how fast. With
only 3 hosts then you are probably okay (unless you do lots of printing
or transfer huge files between hosts).

Hub: All hosts share bandwidth.
Switch: Each virtual route between hosts gets full bandwidth.

http://www.duxcw.com/faq/network/hubsw.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_hub
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_switch

From: "Newsscanner" <(E-Mail Removed)>

| I purchased an ADSL modem, which it says is a router.
|
| When I plug it in using the USB windows recognises it and it works, but
| I want to know is, it only has one ethernet port, so how am i meant to
| network with it?
|
| Is it as i suspect that you're meant to plug it into your pc using the
| USB, then use the eternet port to plug it into the other pc on your network.
|
| I'm asking because at the moment i have a 3 PC network (mine and 2
| clients) and would like to know if i can use this modem/router to
| network them.
|
| Its an ADSL-MR1A router, which uses a conexant chip.
|
| Any help would be appreciated.

Get an Ethernet switch or Ethernet hub. The Router/modem probably is either USB or
Ethernet.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

From: "Vanguard" <(E-Mail Removed)>

| "Newsscanner" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
| news:dbqsp1$fro$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Vanguard wrote:
>>> "Newsscanner" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:dbqmh7$i3g$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>
>>>> I purchased an ADSL modem, which it says is a router.
>>>>
>>>> When I plug it in using the USB windows recognises it and it works,
>>>> but I want to know is, it only has one ethernet port, so how am i
>>>> meant to network with it?
>>>>
>>>> Is it as i suspect that you're meant to plug it into your pc using
>>>> the USB, then use the eternet port to plug it into the other pc on
>>>> your network.
>>>>
>>>> I'm asking because at the moment i have a 3 PC network (mine and 2
>>>> clients) and would like to know if i can use this modem/router to
>>>> network them.
>>>>
>>>> Its an ADSL-MR1A router, which uses a conexant chip.
>>>>
>>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Connect a switch to the Ethernet port of the router.
>>>
>>> P.S.
>>> There are way too many manufacturers of routers to bother hunting
>>> around all their web sites to see which has one with a model number
>>> of MR1A.
>> Thank you for that reply.
>> At the moment the 3 PCs are linked through a 4 port hub.
>> Will this do too instead of a switch?
>> Thank you,
>> Newsscanner.
|
| The hub means all the connected hosts will *share* whatever is the
| maximum bandwidth rating for the hub. A switch creates a virtual route
| between the connected hosts which gets the full bandwidth of the device.
| So, for example with a hub rated for 10Mbps, the 3 or 4 hosts will share
| that 10Mbps bandwidth. If you dump a lot of traffic for one host, like
| a network printer or a huge download, then you choke the other hosts.
| You won't with a switch (and why a switch is more expensive than a hub).
| How much degradation you experience with a hub versus a switch depends
| on how much traffic you are trying to push around and how fast. With
| only 3 hosts then you are probably okay (unless you do lots of printing
| or transfer huge files between hosts).
|
| Hub: All hosts share bandwidth.
| Switch: Each virtual route between hosts gets full bandwidth.
|
| http://www.duxcw.com/faq/network/hubsw.htm
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_hub
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_switch

To add to that ...

Each port on an Ethernet switch has its own packet collision domain and a PC or device
directly connected to an Ethernet switch can work in Full-Duplex mode which means the
Collision Detection is turned off and the PC or device can send and receive packets at the
same time. This will almost effectively double the LAN transmission rate of 10Mb/s to
20Mb/s or 100 Mb/s to 200Mb/s.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm