Nevermind. I got it working with the help of "Legendre" and "Rias". Thanks, guys! Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Mike Bresnahan > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 7:48 PM > To: Tclug-List at Mn-Linux.Org > Subject: [TCLUG] Home networking question > > > I'm hoping someone can help me with some home networking. My apartment is > pre-wired with CAT5 cables. There are 2 RJ45 connections in the > living room > and one in each bedroom upstairs. All 4 RJ45 have cables attached to them > that lead to the closet downstairs. In the closet are 4 RJ45 > connectors on > the opposite end of the cables. In one of the bedrooms are 3 PCs and a > Cisco 675 DSL modem and there will be one PC downstairs. I have > 10 7' CAT5 > cables, 1 8 port 10/100 dual speed, and 1 4 port 10baseT hub. How can I > make this network work? I tried simply putting the 4 port hub in the > closet, connecting it to the 4 RJ45 connections. This works fine > as long as > I don't introduce the 2nd hub, however this configuration only > allows one of > the 4 nodes in the bedroom to be connected because there is only > one jack in > the bedroom. So I tried connecting the 8 port hub into the wall > jack in the > bedroom and connecting the 4 nodes to it, but this rendered my network > useless. The machine downstairs cannot see the DSL router or any of the > other PCs. Can I not connect 2 hubs together like that? If not, how do I > make my network work? Do I need a switch? A router? > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. > Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list