I have an old (released in 2000) Netgear 4-port hub (SB-104) that I want to use to network 2 computers together and a cable modem. If I connect one of the computers to the hub without the cable modem, it's unable to retrieve an IP address and says limited or no connectivity. If I connect one of the computers to the hub with the cable modem, it retrieves my ISP's IP address. I don't believe it has DHCP built into it. I've somehow managed to get it working before between the two PCs and internet, but at this point I'm stumped. Is there a way to manually configure my TCP/IP settings to get it to work?
2007-10-20 11:27:40 · 2 answers · asked by epichero22 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Thats because its NOT a router, a hub/switch cant do that, you need a real router, no other ways.
2007-10-20 11:30:56 · answer #1 · answered by Cupcake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is no use to you at all. You need a router, which can isolate the packets from the 2 machines. A hub can not do this.
2007-10-20 12:12:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋