ASDFASD Routers

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Mar 16 2009, 1:02 pm
Ok, here is what I need a router to handle.

2 PCs
1 Laptop
3 Xbox 360s
A PS3
A DS
A PSP

That is 9 connections. The DS and PSP are wireless connections only. Meaning the router also has to be wireless.

What I need however is the 2 PCs to have a wired connection and the 3 Xbox 360s.
The PCs need to be wired because they are fairly far away from where the router will be, and the connection would be fairly cruddy otherwise.
The Xbox 360s need to be wired as well... Because buying adapters for them to support wireless routers is stupidly expensive (they are like $100 each).
The PS3 can be interchangeable with one of the Xbox 360s, and so can the laptop (but not the same Xbox 360), or it can just use a wireless connection.

This means ideally I need a wireless router with 5 ports.
But apparently they do not exist. 4 ports on a wireless router seems to be the maximum I can find anywhere.

So the question is, do wireless routers with more than 4 wired ports exist?
If not, can I get some sort of adapter that'd let me fit 5 wires into those 4 ports?
If not, apparently it is possible to get a wired router (with 6 ports for example), and connect the wireless router to that wired router, but still have it work. Can anyone confirm if this is possible?
Mar 16 2009, 1:04 pm
Yeah, you can connect routers to routes and have them work. A lot of modems actually act like wired routers!
Mar 16 2009, 2:02 pm
You could just get a 4-port wireless router and get a switch like this.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00003006E

All you do is plug one ethernet wire into a open router port, then plug it into the switch. A switch can not assign IP addresses or anything like that, it has to be used in conjunction with a router. A switch can also save you from running a ton of long wires.

Mar 16 2009, 7:08 pm
yeah i use a 4 port wired switch for my basement which connects a ps3, Xbox360, PC and at times a laptop if it needs a fast connection. This then is connected to one port of my wired/wireless D-link router, the second port is taken up by my upstairs PC and the wireless supports the other 3 computers in the house.
Mar 16 2009, 8:40 pm
Yah, have your router go to a cheap switch. I just bought a 5 port switch for my network/router today actually. Cost me about 30$. I was also in the market for an 8 port wireless router but I didn't see one at the place I shopped even though they had a good selection.

ts
Mar 17 2009, 12:08 am
Buy an 8 port switch.
Buy a wireless access point.
Buy a non-wireless router.

Plug the Wireless access point and the router into the switch. Plug the 2 PC's, 3 XBox's and the PS3 into the switch. And tada, you have a functional network.

Wireless access point takes care of all the wireless stuff.

Alternatively, you can buy a Wireless Repeater/Range Extender and make the wireless signal stronger in the far away areas.

Then you'll have a network setup somewhat similar to mine. Only with consoles instead of computers.
Mar 18 2009, 4:54 am