Additional ethernet port

What device can I purchase and add to my Time Machine? All the current ethernet ports are already occupied. I have an Apple TV in the next room and I need or prefer to connect my Apple TV via ethernet instead of wireless because of the connection speed.

Purchase an Ethernet hub and connect it to one of the ports, and plug the Apple TV and the device you disconnected into the hub.
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    Thanks

    Is it possible to daisychain two Airport Express Base Stations so that all computers can see each other, or is it best to buy an ethernet switch?
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    I don't have any apple network devices. But from my knowledge of router/switches/hubs, you should be able to plug in a hub or switch into any of the lan ports and wallah, you've just extended your amount of ports available.
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  • Presales: HWIC-4ESW= on 2821 to increase Ethernet port?

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  • Airport Extreme - creating a wired local network from a cellular hotspot without ethernet ports?

    Forgive the book I've written below, please. I generally think too much info is better than not enough... I'm looking for assistance and/or suggestions since I have been unable to locate solutions on my own so far. Searching this forum has found a great number of "sort-of" related things, but all of them so far appear to involve apple-only hardware or upstream network devices which have ethernet ports. Nothing that seems to match my situation enough to extrapolate out. Maybe I'm just using the wrong keywords. Anyway....
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    Had the same issue here.  Here is the best solution I have found so far:
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  • How to add Ethernet ports to an Airport Extreme Base Station?

    I have successfully connected an HP Office Jet 6310 to the Airport Extreme Base Station, after downloading the latest software from HP. It is printing wirelessly, and it is great so far.
    The only problem is that the cable modem connected to ADSL has only one Ethernet port, and the Airport Extreme Base Station also has one Ethernet port. However, I need one more port to connect a phone (Vonage Telephone Adapter = VTA).
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    Following the advice received, I purchased a Switch from Linksys. Since the device didn't work for my purpose (dividing the Ethernet connexion into an Ethernet line for the HP printer and the Vonage phone), I called the Linksys support.
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    Yours, Hotaru

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  • Help!  WDS mode Airport Express Ethernet port

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    Yes indeed. Your plan will work (I have done similar with mini/powerbook and powermac).
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