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DH Bellringer

Jan 1, 1970
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I have a small network of 4 computers running on a 5 port network
switch, with one of the ports being taken up by a ADSL router. I want
to add another computer to the network, and with being very interested
in electronics, I was wondering if it would be possible to build a
basic hub which would sit on one of the lines and connect the new
computer to the network. Ie


[NEW COMP]
|
[SWITCH]-------+-------[COMP]

--- Ethernet link
+ Device

The device I wish to build would allow network travel for [COMP] to go
through uninhibited, but traffic destined for it's MAC address to go
to the [NEW COMP].
Thank you for any advice,

DH Bellringer.
 
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Stefan Heinzmann

Jan 1, 1970
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DH said:
I have a small network of 4 computers running on a 5 port network
switch, with one of the ports being taken up by a ADSL router. I want
to add another computer to the network, and with being very interested
in electronics, I was wondering if it would be possible to build a
basic hub which would sit on one of the lines and connect the new
computer to the network. Ie


[NEW COMP]
|
[SWITCH]-------+-------[COMP]

--- Ethernet link
+ Device

The device I wish to build would allow network travel for [COMP] to go
through uninhibited, but traffic destined for it's MAC address to go
to the [NEW COMP].
Thank you for any advice,

You won't be able to make a hub any cheaper than the hubs you can buy.
Commercial hubs consist of little more than a special chip with a power
supply and the necessary electromechanical bits. It doesn't get any
simpler than that.
 
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Robert C Monsen

Jan 1, 1970
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DH Bellringer said:
I have a small network of 4 computers running on a 5 port network
switch, with one of the ports being taken up by a ADSL router. I want
to add another computer to the network, and with being very interested
in electronics, I was wondering if it would be possible to build a
basic hub which would sit on one of the lines and connect the new
computer to the network. Ie


[NEW COMP]
|
[SWITCH]-------+-------[COMP]

--- Ethernet link
+ Device

The device I wish to build would allow network travel for [COMP] to go
through uninhibited, but traffic destined for it's MAC address to go
to the [NEW COMP].
Thank you for any advice,

DH Bellringer.

Building a hub isn't out of the question, but its not going to be as simple
as you think. I'd just buy one on ebay (I just looked, and I saw saveral 8
port 100baseTX hubs for under 10 bucks.) If you are interested in how they
work, buy two and take one apart.

Regards,
Bob Monsen
 
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