Question by Tomllama2: How do I add a second computer to my wired home network?
The cable from the wall (Virgin Media Broadband) goes through my set top box to my home PC. If i add some RJ45 Cat5e Splitters and cables, can I just plug in any other computers (ie, my new laptop) to the wired network?
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Answer by Squidmaster
SHould be able to yeah. The router box should usually have more than one port for a cable anyway.
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NO you will need a router. A router does what called DHCP which will give all the computers hooked up to a single internet connection it’s own IP Address. Without this the incomming messages won’t know what computer to send information to.
No.
You need to get a router. It could be wired or wireless router.
Shut down everything.
Then connect the set top box(modem) to the router’s in-port(WAN port, internet port, up-link port).
Then connect your computers to router’s LAN ports(there are usually 4 LAN ports).
Then turn on the set top box(modem), wait few minutes, turn on the router, wait few minutes, turn on the computer(s).
If you are do not have a router, you probably don’t have DHCP service available. You will need that in order to run multiple PCs simultaneously. You can get a 4 or 8 port router pretty reasonably.
Yes you can, but a router would be better.
I`m with Virgin, and I bought the one below, it works really well, with 2 pcs and 2 laptops.