Can routers and hubs be linked in a daisy chain?

Elim

I have a router which has only 4 lan connections on it and i have 5 computers so i was wondering could i link a hub to the router to increase it's compasity. This is how it would work:

Internet ---> Router & Hub ---> My Home Network

Could this work because i have read that a router is basically a hub and a in my case adsl modem and a firmware os of some sort. I have also read that you can link hubs together to increase their compasity but i have not had a chance to test it as my hub is brocken and i felt it was a good idea to ask the experts first before slashing out. Thank you very much for your time. I look forward to hearing what you have to say.
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donjuan · l33t Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 760 Location: At Uni

Yes, you can. Most routers that you can buy at computer stores will support up to 50 computers with their built-in DHCP servers. Most companies just advise against daisy-chaining more than 2 hubs/switches together after the router because of signal degredation/latence/whatever.
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Lajasha · Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 9:47 pm Post subject:

You will also need to check to see if one of then have an uplink port. If they do then you will want to hook it up to a normal port on the other device. If not then you will have to get a cross-over cable.
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Utoxin · Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 9:47 pm Post subject:

Yes, you can chain Hubs/Switches as far as you want. For small networks (<10 computers AND low traffic) Hubs are alright, but I personally reccomend Switches for /everything/.

As for the mention of latency/signal degredation... Latency might eventually become an issue, but signal will never degrade through hubs/switches unless they are in the process of dying.

If you have dozens of computers on hubs, you will start to get tons of collisions, which will greatly reduce network performance. This is why I reccomend switches, which will completely eliminate the collisions.
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Elim · Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:05 pm Post subject:

Thanks alot guys help is very much appreciated. I love the linux community

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johnnymac · Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 12:10 pm Post subject: WARNING

Pitfall warning.....

If you are using a switch...say a 5 port....and connect from a router

router ----> switch

The connection from the router goes into port 1; however, in many cases you can not add a node from port 2. In essence your 5 port is really a 4 port.
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