Comments on: Can I connect a hub between a wireless router and a cable modem?

By: Adrian

Adrian — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:59:48 +0000

Put the hub on the LAN side of the router, and let the router do it's work.
Switches are better than hubs, those are obsolete now a days

By: Jake

Jake — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:59:48 +0000

technically yes, it all depends on how the cable modem works and dishes out IP addresses. Honestly though, I would recommend a different approach to whatever you are trying to accomplish.

Perhaps installing a cheap router in between the modem and the Belkin, plugging the Belkin into one of the ethernet ports of the small router.

If you have a bank of static IPs you want to use then a small switch would be the way to go.

By: SHAM Rock

SHAM Rock — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:59:48 +0000

I'd say use a switch…you'd plug the switch in to a port on the Belkin.

By: Harold W

Harold W — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:59:48 +0000

Yes you can. I assume that you have used all of the ports on the back of your router and need additional ports. A hub is not as efficient as a switch and is seldom used by people these days. Considering that you can get a switch for about the same price I would recommend a switch.

By: Colinc

Colinc — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:59:48 +0000

No. you must not connect anything BUT the router to the modem. you need to router to split the packets from the other machines before passing them through to the internet. If you then need additional connections fit a network switch (hubs are almost obsolete now, and very slow) to the router, then all the machines connect to the router through it.

By: jayabalard

jayabalard — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:59:48 +0000

No, most likely you only get the one IP address from the modem, so if you connect it that way you won't be able to have both the router and the computer on the hub connected.

From looking at the specs of that router, you should be able to just connect to the Router's other Ethernet ports.

If you need more wired LAN connections then you'd want to connect the router to the cable modem and then connect the hub to the router; The router serves up IP addresses and is the gateway. Keep in mind that you wind up with a bit of a choke point (since everything on the hub will share one connection), but if all you care about is internet it's a non issue.