Tiny switch/Ethernet port adaptor?

[keogh]

Howdy all,

I'm not sure if such a thing exists, but if it does I'm sure you guys will know bout it.

I have a Netgear DG834N router at the moment which as Im sure you are aware has 4 ethernet ports on it. Well I have a 8 port Netgear switch as well, which resides in another room connecting numerous other ethernet devices to it.

Well the DG834N has all 4 ports in use, but I have 5 items in the same room I want to connect to it, so without getting a long cable to connect the device to the switch in the other room, is there such thing as a small switch or ethernet port adaptor I can add to the router?

I don't want another 5 port switch, so Im hoping something small exists that I could say plug into one port on the DG834N that will turn that one port into 2?

Btw, making this 5th item wireless is not an option, I want it to use a Ethernet cable.

Any help will be appreciated!

ta

Steve

 

[wij]

Not in the way you want I'm affraid.

You can indeed use one bit of Cat5 to connect two devices (100Mbit only requires 2 pairs of wires, Cat5 has 4 pairs total).

What you can't do is connect two devices into one switch port, so your only option is to buy another small 5 port switch and run things from that.

 

[keogh]

Doh, ok it will have to be a cheapo switch then.

Thanks wij, your an abundance of knowledge as usual!