Switch downstream to router?

[dcomp]

Hi all!

I have a router connecting four computers to the internet. Now, I want to connect one more computer to the internet but all the ports of the router have already been used. So I was thinking to get a switch and connect the switch downstream to the router and then connect my computer to the switch for internet connection. Is it possible? Also, what effect it will have on the internet speed to my computer? Or do I need to get another router?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
DV

 

[tigsounds]

Install another switch, downstream of the router, not upstream to the router. The router is the first device to get internet from your DSL/Cable modem.

Plug the switch into any numbered port on the router and connect more computers to the newly installed switch.

The speed will be unchanged.

Switches are smart, routers are smarter. The router knows how to manage more switches in your system that it is feeding.

 

[dcomp]

Hi!

Thank you very much! Actually I did not see it earlier but the device is Linksys EZXS55W EtherFast 5-Port Switch- now I am confused because it says switch but I think it as a router + switch .. since it is connected directly to the internet line.. am I right? If yes, then I think as u said switch downstream to the router should work..

Now, I have one more question.. I have other computers and a printer connected directly to the router... do I need to connect all those computers to the switch for proper working..? also I want to access the printer.. for that do I need to connect the printer to the switch or will it work while connected to the router?

Thanks, I really appreciate it.