Can you use a network switch as a gaming hub without pluggin it into a router?
January 25th, 2007 | by switch |
bjmarchini asked:
I am going on vacation with the family. We are family of addicted avid games and would like to spend one of our 14 days cooked up in our hotel room having a lan party. I have a linksys router at home and a switch as well. Could I just bring the switch or do I need the router intstead. I am not looking to go online.. just a closed LAN.
FRANK
I am going on vacation with the family. We are family of addicted avid games and would like to spend one of our 14 days cooked up in our hotel room having a lan party. I have a linksys router at home and a switch as well. Could I just bring the switch or do I need the router intstead. I am not looking to go online.. just a closed LAN.
FRANK
4 Responses to “Can you use a network switch as a gaming hub without pluggin it into a router?”
By trevbrat03 on Jan 26, 2007 | Reply
No you can do that
For a long while there were not many routers around and that is how we did it
By G Note on Jan 27, 2007 | Reply
If you’re not going online and all of the PC’s will be on same network together the switch is all you need.
By hiseyc101 on Jan 30, 2007 | Reply
lol, we used to use just an 8 port hub to do it.
After that we moved on to switches until routers became cheaper and started having more ports.
Now everyone uses routers but yes, you can use a switch.
By emmittnervend on Feb 1, 2007 | Reply
Just don’t plug any of your computers into the Internet/Outside/Dirty port (or whatever its label says) and you’re fine!