Setup router pots with 1 pc

[Robin Hood]

Can a person set up a router-modem DIRECTLY to your LAN card and then out to the net??..I ask this because i have tried it with a cross-over cable as well as a straight cable with no success...If i however, connect my router to a hub, which in turn is connected to my LAN card, everything works a-ok....Is this normal??..tia

 

[PeekNPoke]

This is not normal. You should be able to connect to the router with a normal CAT5 cable. The switch merely acts as a bridge or repeater in your case. There should be no difference between connecting directly or indirectly like with the switch.

 

[Robin Hood]

This is not normal. You should be able to connect to the router with a normal CAT5 cable. The switch merely acts as a bridge or repeater in your case. There should be no difference between connecting directly or indirectly like with the switch.

Thanks.....funny....I THOUGHT there was a flippen prob with this Telkom ADSL POTS ROUTER modem..:-(

 

[Tim182]

not normal... also got a telkom router and a hub and it work, also with only one pc. can use both crossover and straight