Cisco Cat 5000 Switch?
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You connect to the console port with the typical 9600/8/N/1 settings.\n\n-Power cycle it.\n-Type in a blank password.\n-Type 'enable'\n-Type in a blank password again.\n-Use the 'set password' command to set a new password\n-Use a blank password as the old password now.\nYou have 30 seconds to do this or you have to try again.\n-After that, you use the 'set password' and 'set enablepass' to set your new password.
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More than you have room for PC's in your house...\n\nThis totally depends on what kind of devices you will have and what protocols are in use. For most places, you communicate via IP. Again, most places have a private class c address, meaning that you can have 254 physical devices on the subnet. Now, devide this by the number of ports per switch (less one port for daisey chaining them) and this will give you the number of switches on your LAN.\n\nSo - too many variables - theoritical limit is millions - pratical is 8 (16 ports each).\n\nIf you are talking hub, then this goes way down due to probability of collisions. Switch eliminates this problem.
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Hi. Looks more like a LAN connection. : http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/121/paa3oc12_6188.html
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You'll want to either get a hub or ethernet switch.  Both work basically the same way, but with one big difference.  A hub broadcast all incoming data to all the other ports.  Of course only the port with the correct computer will accept the data, all other system will ignore the incoming data.  The Ethernet switch will transfer the data to the correct port of the computer connected, instead of all of them.  For that reason, the Ethernet switch is generally a few dollars more than a hub.  If you are going to bother buying either one of those, then you might as well get the Ethernet Switch.  Reason being is it is more efficient and is what you could use if your wireless ever fails.  All you would have to do is to connect your modem's wan port to the Uplink port of the switch and plug in the other computers to one of the ports on the switch.\n\nBut anyways, you say you want to use wired connections, so the 4 ports on the back of your wireless is irrelevent.\nYou want an 8 port Hub or Ethernet Switch (linksys and netgear are popular, but any brand will work). Picture of one: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=383559&CatId=866\n\nWell, just plug in the network cable from your modem to the port 1 of the switch or hub (called Up Link).  Then plug in your other systems directly to the ports.  Keep in mind, that since you have to plug your modem into port 1, then you lost a port and now only have 7 left.  You might have to get more ports if you need exactly 8, like a 16 port.\n\nBut if one of your friends has their own hub or switch, then you could also just plug in the the other switch. Just connect the wire to any port on your first switch/hub to port 1 (Up Link) of you 2nd switch/hub and it sort of acts like an "extention cord".
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This one;\n\n http://switch3.castup.net/cunet/gm.asp?ai=214&ar=1050wmv&ak=null
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I don't know of any home routers that do not NAT automatically.\n\nBut basically, if you don't NAT, why can't you use a switch?
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Hello,\n\nA telephone line uses RJ11 jacks. While Cat5 cabling  will work with RJ45 you can go to Radio Shack or your local PC shop and they'll be able help you.\n\nPlease see http://www.ertyu.org/steven_nikkel/ethernetcables.html for more info.
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The ce-500 line of switches that I could find (such as the  Catalyst Express 500 24-Port 10 100 PoE Switch) support SFP uplink ports.  The SFP ports can take multimode or singlemode fiber ports.
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you will be fine with a cat5e cable b/c it will support gigabit speeds, but it you are planning a ps3 LAN party and you have full duplex gigabit switches then you would want cat6. and you would be crazy to spend the money on cat7 so cat5e is the way to go b/c you are going to be limited by the speed of your Internet, not the quality of the cable (unless you are using cat3 or something like that) and a cat5e cable will not cost you $40, it would be around $10-$15 at your local computer store, depending on length.
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What is your budget?\n\nI generally setup networks with a Cisco PIX and then have a separate switch for each subnet.  \n\nIf you need something a bit more affordable, check out the Linksys RV042 and make sure it has the latest firmware.
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Yep, it's called a 'hub'.\nYou want something like this:\n\nhttp://www.amazon.com/Netgear-EN104TP-4-Port-Ethernet-Uplink/dp/B00000J4M9
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Try looking at the following link....\nhttp://www.cisco.com/warp/public/121/imafaq_19168.html
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one bit at a time, no but seriously, if your modems ip address is running dhcp all you need is a switch, plug the modem into the switch with a straightthrough cable and then attach each xp client to the switch with a straight through cable. and then run the network setup wizard,
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use a gateway which supports both the ends.\nmore info on http://www.cisco.com
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cat-5 cable with rj-45 connectors. you're gonna need a router or network hub as well.
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You need to have ethernet card on both the pcs and get the same connected through cat5 or cat 6 with cross over cable. or you can have both connected through serial cable.
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Yes it is possible to setup vlans on that switch.