Networking a Desktop and Laptop

[lastshot]

I am also having this same problem. The Hub I am using lights up when i connect the cables. And i recognises that there are cables connected. However I cannot get the computers to network, and I can only get internet on one of the computers. Could this be because of not using a crossover cable for the uplink?

 

[mikesgroovin]

I'm just going to assume a little here with a vivid explaination:

Is your setup: Internet > Cable Modem > Hub > Computers?

If you dont have any routing involved then this above setup wont work....

But please, list the types (makes and models) of devices you have between your computers and the internet.

 

[lastshot]

ok yes i have the above setup (Internet > Cable Modem > Hub > Computers) and here is the actual makes and models . I have Optimum online With a motorola surfboard cable modem( sb5100). Then I have a Netgear Hub (En104tp). I have the cable modem linked to the uplink port, and the button pushed in so it is set to uplink( port #4) I have a desktop hooked into port #1, and a laptop hooked into port #2. Only the desktop has internet, and neither of the comps will network.( I was going to buy a linksys router, but then i saw this hub today at a tag sale for 50 cents.)

 

[mikesgroovin]

In short, you will need a router after the surfboard. The hub will only broadcast what it gets from the surfboard and cannot distinguish where the data actually needs to get to....the router will.

 

[lastshot]

ok, thats what i had presumed. Thanks for your help!