I have a slight idea of what i need but need some confirmation
bascially i have a belkin adsl modem wireless 4 port router all in one.

Now i need more than 4 ports now, now problem is i need to keep the computers all accessing each other.

i used another belkin adsl router but it auto assigns ip address to anything connected to it which then puts them pcs on different network and then they cant comunicate with the others plus i port forward to different dvr system on there too

so how can i extend the ports and keep ip getting addressed from my modem.

would i need a normal hub or switch ? will a switch dhcp to the pcs ?

either way i need something that wont give pcs a ip but on pass it from the modem

if this all makes sense sorry for bad explanation

tim

Switch. If you can afford a managed one, do it.

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Yeah your right a hub or "dumb switch" will work for you. Its a wonder you can't log onto the second belkin router and turn off dhcp leasing.

Belkin website should have info on how to log onto and navigate the router menus. Its pretty much a 'tick-a-box' type system.

Hope this helps

Rob

Managed one isn't really needed at home, used more in corporate/business solutions.

The functions of a manged switch like VLANs, QoS, web interfaces, port monitoring and management isn't something you'll need in a SoHo environment - Cool to play with if you're into that kinda thing though

A 5 or 8 port GigE or even 10/100 will be fine for you needs.

2 DHCP servers on the network isn't a good thing

Edit - If you wanna do it on the cheap, just leave the other ADSL router plugged in but disable DHCP if you can get into it. Depending on the type it may be causing an IP conflict on your network ..

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Like Axle said, just log into the second router and turn off the dynamic addressing.
That will stop the two routers giving conflicting addresses.

Then you can use what you've already got.

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You have a couple of options. You could use your second router, and just disable DHCP on it, and set it's own address to be assigned by DHCP.

Alternatively as Kato said pick up a switch, there so cheap it's not funny. Don't really need to be a managed switch as your not doing anything complicated.

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Perth-Wrx

i did see that function to turn off dhcp i think so by turning that off what does that do to the router what state does it run in

Whoops... bit of a delay in posting. Seams everyone beat me too it...

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Perth-Wrx

By disabling DHCP on the second router it will stop that router from giving out Ip addresses. Essentially then that router will just become a dumb switch...

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A nothing state as you don't have the phone line plugged into it - the WAN.

It will just act like another switch connected to your existing one.

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