I have a hub and a router, i need each of my comp. to have a seperate i.p.?

Question

I want to still be able to make a network with this setup, but its not letting me, any helpers??

Answer 1

Yes, each machine will need a unique IP address
The router will provide a DHCP address as per default settings out of the box. Depending on the manufacturer of the router, it will take the IP address of 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 and begin assigning addresses from there. (You can also access your routers settings by entering the IP of the router in an IE/Firefox page)

You can setup the machines with a static IP address, but I wouldn't recommend this for the average home user.

Just make sure each cable is plugged in properly and you should be fine.

**Looking back at another answer, do not assign any computer the same IP address as your router. Not unless you want to cause yourself headaches down the line. Do not mess with assigning static IPs...do much room for error if you're not careful in entering IP, subnet, gateway and DNS sever addresses.**

Answer 2

If your router has muliple ports for connections you don't need the hub. If you need the hub make sure the port on the router that the hub is plugged into and the port on the hub have the green "link LED" illuminated this shows that you have a physical connection between the hub and router. Because the router and hub are both network devices you either need a crossover cable to connect the two or most devices will have a way to make at lease one port an uplink port. Usually done with a button or switch.

The computers do need seperate I.P. addresses. 192.168.1.1 will be the routers ip address on your home network side. The routers that I've used for home use are capable of assigning your computers IP addresses via DHCP. That is the best way to handle this because it will set your DNS and default gateway parameters set as well.

Answer 3

If you have the router configured for its default setup, you should be able to hookup 4 computers to it without needing the hub. This should give each computer their own IP address and they should be able to access the internet from the cable/dsl connetion you have hooked up to the router. If you need additional devices that require the hub, you probably need a crossover cable that would go from a port on the router to the input on the hub. That would give you extra ports, but probably is not necessary if you have 4 or less computers.

Answer 4

Both computers need separate IPs in the same class C as the router. I.E. 192.168.1.X, where X is a unique number to each computer.

Answer 5

get rid of the hub and connect both computers to the router

Answer 6

Tell the router to assign Static IP's. If it's connected correctly you will assign one computer 192.168.1.1. Then the next 192.168.1.2 then so on.

John
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