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A hub or switch must be used to connect 3 PCs together. Two PCs can be connected using a single crossover cable.
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Can you use a hub to connect three PCs?
Yes you acn use a hub to connect your computers. Just connect a cat5 network cable from each of your computers to the hub. It doesn't matter which port you plug the cat5 cable into on the hub. they are all the same. Also, if you might be interested in making your own cat5 cables. I have added a link on how to do ths.
Must you use a hub to connect three PCs and two PCs explain?
I have a PC, laptop and xbox running and i have a modem and router downstairs with a wire leading upstairs then a netgear high speed hub splitting my connection 3 ways to my PC etc , but i don't think u need a hub if your router has multiple ethernet slots.
If you were going to connect two PCs together in a simple network using the network ports on each PC what type cable would you use?
A Crossover Cable is used to connect 2 PCs (when a hub or switch is not used) to make the simplest network of all. (6th Edition, Page 852)
Can you connect multiple devices to a single USB port by daisy chaining them you must use a hub instead?
You should use a hub. Sometimes you can daisy chain, but you can get unpredictable results.
What device can you use to connect two or more PCs to a single cable modem?
A switch or hub is used to connect multiple devices to a modem. Hubs have largely fallen out of use due to their bandwidth-sharing properties that make them undesirable in high-speed local networks.
Must you use a hub to connect 2 pcs?
Yes and no. If you want to just directly connect the two pc's together a cross-over Ethernet cable can do this. Cross-over cables are used to connect 2 like devices. Doing this will most likely require you to disconnect from the internet, unless your computer has 2 NIC's (ethernet ports) If you want to connect both computers together AND still have internet access a hub, or switch, or router is needed. Thus creating your own LAN
Which cable does a switch use to Connect to a hub?
Crossover
You want to make a network of three pcs is it possible to install two network cards on a host machine and connect other two machines to the host and make a network?
forget that and use a HUB/Switch or wireless router
What port on a hub from another hub to you use a straight through cable to connect to?
The "Crossover" port. (or MDI-X)
How do you hook up a playstation2 to go online if all you have is a dial up wall jack?
You would need to use a PC to connect to the internet with the modem. Then use a network card to connect to a hub. Use the hub to connect to your Playstation. Then setup the PC as a proxy server.
I use a router with PCs, will a Mac be able to connect to my network?
As long as the Mac in question has a wireless adapter, it should connect.
Bt home hub and a notebook laptop how do you connect your internet from your hub to your laptop?
If you have an ADSL modem, you connect the ADSL modem to the hub, and you connect cables from the hub to each computer. If you have only a single computer, you need no hub.If instead you want to use a WiFi (wireless) connection, you also need an access point for the wireless connection.
