Need another ethernet port

Here's my problem:
I have an old Laser Printer (which is great) which I connect to my computer via an AsanteTalk box which connects via the ethernet port.
I just got DSL. I'm using a router so that my husband can hook up too.
I was told that I could connect the Printer/AsanteTalk box into the router and it would work, but it doesn't.
Can I simply add an Ethernet Hub to multiply the ethernet ports on my computer to solve this problem?
Thanks,
Donna

The reason that printing through the built-in switch circuitry of your gateway or router does not work is simply because that device is not routing AppleTalk packets, and you've chosen AppleTalk as the means by which to interact with your LaserWriter. It may be because your device does not have such services enabled, or—more likely, it it was purchased in the last two to three years—it does not natively support AppleTalk encapsulation.
You won't be successful talking to your printer unless both your Macintosh and your printer are connected on the same subnet using a switch or router, and those devices support passing AppleTalk packets bidirectionally.
In the simplest setup, you would connect the switch to your gateway or router, and both the printer and the Macintosh to your switch, placing both devices on the same subnet and avoiding a situation where your router was required to support AppleTalk.

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