Possible to attach ethernet hub to AEBS?

Dear All,
Does anyone know if it is possible to attach a (non-switching) ethernet hub to my 2009 (dual-antenna, 802.11n capable) Airport Extreme Base Station? I've just wired my house up with Cat-5e and would like more than the three available ethernet ports, but want the AEBS to continue with all NAT/routing. I'm reluctant to get involved with a second router and subnetwork, because in my experience that's a pain ...
Thanks in advance,
arn

I am not familiar with this particular device, but the link says that
This switch is a Plug & Play installation and no configuration is necessary.
So, if you take that at face value, the device is a switch.
The problem with this device is that you will lose performance. Your AirPort Exteme has 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN capability. The switch that you are looking at is only 10/100.
Suggest that you look for a 10/100/1000 or what is known as a Gigabit Ethernet switch. Netgear or Cisco products would be a very good choice.

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My cable modem has one jack only for the ethernet cable that hooks into my AEBS, which hooks into my G3. With an Airport Express (to boost the signal), my G5 is connected wirelessly. Here's my question:
My son just bought an XBox, which is not wireless (you can buy a stands alone wireless unit from Microsoft for $100). The XBox connects to the internet via an ethernet cable, which we plug into the cable modem, but the only way to give him access to the internet is to disconnect my G3 and G5. Can we remedy this problem by getting something like an ethernet hub? Does such a thing exist (I've heard of USB hubs)? Would that allow us all to be connected to the internet at the same time?

Yes, this, too, would work except, as you cogently suggest, it does indeed tie the xbox to the g5 which is not a viable solution.
I like cheap solutions, too, expecially after already shelling out all that money for an AEBS!
Thanks for your recommendation for an ethernet hub. Sounds like a possible solution.
The cable modem and AEBS is in his room (my g3 went to him and it isn't wireless), so an ethernet hub would be cheaper than the wireless unit from Microsoft.
On installation: Would I hook it up to the cable modem and then plug in AEBS, xbox, etc. to it?
Thanks for posting!

Airport Extreme is a port short. Anyone know of a low-cost Ethernet hub?

I recently connected a Xerox Phaser 8550 postscript printer via USB to a Mac Pro. However, one of the important Xerox features is an Internet link that provides off-site monitoring of the printer's condition and supplies. This evidently requires an ethernet connection to a modem. (It won't work via the USB connection to the computer).
My Mac Pro has two gigabit ethernet ports, as does the Airport base station. However, one Airport port connects to a Comcast broadband cable modem, and the other connects to the Mac. That leaves only one available port, on the Mac Pro. I tried connecting that port to the printer, but no luck.
To link the printer to the Internet, Xerox instructs users to type the printer's IP address in a browser window (they suggest Internet Explorer -- I use Safari). Thus, it seems the printer needs a direct connection to a network hub, such as my Airport base station, for that method to work.
I use the base station to provide a wireless Internet connection to my portable Power Book. (The Mac Pro does not have or need an Airport Extreme card for this setup because it attaches to the base station via ethernet cable.)
Ethernet hubs I have found on the Apple Store website cost hundreds, even thousands of dollars. There must be a cheaper solution. Right?
I spoke to a Xerox rep, but she hasn't found an answer yet. (They are not up to speed on Macs, and this is just one of several questions I raised.)
I'll be grateful if the experts in this forum have an answer for this one.
Thanks.

Hi Duane and Conal Ho --
Thanks for the links! It looks like low-cost hubs are available here.
But I could use some further advice. The "switches" and "routers" look similar to a Belkin Wireless Router that I've tossed in the garage for the next yard sale. I wasted a lot of time on the phone with Belkin's tech support trying to configure the thing and get rid of a persistent pop-up that tried to enroll me in Belkin's "Parental Control" program. It was such a headache that I tossed it and bought Apple's Airport Extreme, which set itself up in about a minute.
Before I buy another "router" or "switcher", I need to know what's involved in the setup. Ideally, I'd like to plug it into one of the ethernet ports on the Airport, and then plug the printer into the router, and then run an ethernet cable from the router back to the computer, and have everything work automatically, with the Airport serving as the primary base station. Is this possible?
If I have to try and figure out IP addresses and check a bunch of mysterious configurations, and then remember what to do after the next power failure disrupts all the connections -- uh, uh! (There's another question in this forum from someone else struggling with a Belkin router; so I'm not alone in this arena.)
Thus, if you can steer me toward the easiest choice here, I'd be much obliged.
Thanks.
-- DH

Can I print on non-USB printers connected to Ethernet hub?

I just connected an Airport Extreme base station to my DSL modem and pre-existing ethernet hub. (The old hub connects my old G4 running OS 9.2 to an HP 5MP laser printer and a Canon Pixma IP 4000.) Then I booted my brand new MacBook 13 and established Internet connectvity through the base station. My question is, should I expect the Airport Extreme base station to also recognize the existence of the two printer attached to my old ethernet hub? Or does the Mac Book have access only to printers that are wired to the base station?
Any advice appreciated.
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Airport Extreme has a WAN port (should be connected to DSL), and a LAN port - that's where you should connect the hub. Then your network will be mostly like it was before and the printers will be recognized.

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I have an airport, Mac Mini, PowerBook and Iphone and am currently installing Cat6 around our house.
Is it possible to use one of the outputs from the airport directly to an ethernet hub/switch and then distribute to other parts of the house via Cat6? Do I need to use a Switch or a Hub to do this?
I also want to set up the mac mini as a media server with 2 1TB drives hanging off it is this possible.
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Hello Sonnic. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
Is it possible to use one of the outputs from the airport directly to an ethernet hub/switch and then distribute to other parts of the house via Cat6?
Yes.
Do I need to use a Switch or a Hub to do this?
For better networking performance, you will want to use an Ethernet Switch.
I also want to set up the mac mini as a media server with 2 1TB drives hanging off it is this possible.
Yes, that is also possible.

How to network to older mac plus DSL via ethernet hub?

I just got DSL (yeah, probably the last guy on the planet who still had dialup). Anyway, I've been using ethernet to connect my old G3 to my iMac, and had to unplug it to hookup the DSL. I have a five-port ethernet hub that I used for a short time years ago to network my G3 to an even older mac. Can I use this to connect the G3, iMac and DSL? I don't really remember anything about how to use the hub. Can someone give me a little guidance please?

RayDunakin wrote:
I just got DSL (yeah, probably the last guy on the planet who still had dialup). Anyway, I've been using ethernet to connect my old G3 to my iMac, and had to unplug it to hookup the DSL. I have a five-port ethernet hub that I used for a short time years ago to network my G3 to an even older mac. Can I use this to connect the G3, iMac and DSL? I don't really remember anything about how to use the hub. Can someone give me a little guidance please?
You can't use a hub. A hub is an unintelligent system; it repeats all signals it gets down all its ports. This means that if you are connected to the Internet on one port, it will repeat everything on your local network out over the Internet. I'm fairly sure you don't want that.
In addition, a hub does not do NAT, DHCP, or DNS. Basically, it does not assign IP addresses. If you attach devices to a hub, then either they must have fixed IP addresses of their own or something else must assign IPs to them. If you assign your machines fixed IPs in a private network range, because the hub is not a router and does not do NAT (Network Address Translation) and because private networks are just that, private, your machines will not be able to connect to the Internet... but because this is a hub, anything on your network will still go out over the Internet anyway. You won't be able to see the Internet, but anyone on the Internet who wants to and knows how will be able to see you. If you assign your machines fixed IPs in a network range which is not a private network, your network will be visible over the Internet and you will be able to connect... except that you'll be using a visible network range, which probably belongs to someone else, who will object, and when your ISP finds out (which they will in a very short time when the owner of the network range you're using complains to them) you may find that you no longer have an account. Hijacking someone else's network range is a ToS offense for most services. If you don't assign fixed IPs, and rely on DHCP to assign IPs, you will have multiple IPs on your network, all of which are visible over the Internet with no protection whatsoever... and, more important, you're only paying for one IP. Your ISP will be upset. Liberating multiple IPs without paying for them is also a ToS offense.
Connecting via a hub is a very bad idea.
You should get a router. Most home routers have a switch, not a hub, built into them. A router sits between two networks, one your local network, and one the Internet. The router has two IP addresses, one on the Internet (which you're paying your ISP for) and one on your local network (which the ISP doesn't care about). Most home routers can be set to run DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) on the internal network, and set up a network using one of the private ranges. As they are private, they are not routed over the Internet, and whatever you do on the private net stays on the private net, unless you specifically request an Internet connection by running a web browser or an email client or something else that goes out over the Internet. The router will then do NAT for you and send the signal over the Internet, and when it gets a reply, will route it back to your machine. Because the router includes a switch, it will send the reply directly to the machine in question, because a switch is an intelligent device and keeps a list of the machines on the local network and sends the proper signals to the proper machines. (Note that a wireless system is a hub, it broadcasts the signals to everyone in range; there's a reason why I use a wired connection for my systems...) The Internet only sees one IP, that of the router. You can have multiple machines behind the router and neither your ISP nor the rest of the Internet will care.
I have my system set up in the following way:
1 DSL modem talking to the Internet (set in bridge mode, so it's effectively transparent)
2 router talking to the DSL modem (set in NAT and DHCP modes; it controls the network)
3 multiple devices, including an external switch, connected to the router. All are configured to use a private Class C network. I could have up to 254 devices on a Class C network, though that many would probably kill my router which simply isn't built to handle that kind of traffic. My devices include several Macs, several Windows machines, my server, and several printers. You appear to have two or three devices. Your system would work just fine with a standard home router.

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Hello all,
is it possible to attach just an external hard drive with an ethernet port to an Airport Extreme base and access it via WLAN ?
I do not need a server, just a drive that I can access via Airport.
I am aware of possible speed issues, I am just curious if it would work.
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Using an ethernet hub with base station

hi, i'm looking at setting up a home network using an airport extreme base station. at the moment 2 macs will need to hardwired using an ethernet hub (they are in the same room). i'm wondering by using a hub will that lessen performance speed etc to these machines? or would i be better off installing extreme cards. i'm trying to avoid this as one is a late 2005 G5 which needs to have the combined airport/bluetooth card factory installed. thanks for any advice.
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Just wondering if an ethernet cable from my AEBS (b/g) to my older iMac G5 (2.0 GHz) is faster than having it connected wirelessly?

What ethernet would I likely have? Fast ethernet?
Your AEBS comes with a combination 10/100 Mbps "fast" Ethernet switch built-in.
When would one encounter a gigabit ethernet?
The newer 802.11n (2nd generation) AEBSn and Time Capsule have Gigabit Ethernet capability. To take advantage of this technology all devices would need to be Gigabit Ethernet enabled.
The short of it is that if my AEBS is b/g, the max would be 54 mbps and a fast ethernet would almost double this. yes?
Correct.

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I am using all three of my wired ethernet ports on the time capsule, and I need a fourth. Current set up is 1) Vonage VoIP adapter; 2) printer w/o wireless option; and 3) connection to a EoPL adapter.
I was wondering if I can buy a cheap ethernet hub and plug the hub (WAN or LAN port?) into the TC and get additional ethernet ports in the manner of a USB hub.
No, I don't want to put the printer on the USB port as it is shared over the LAN, and I don't want to buy another AirPort Express and set up the printer on that unless I have to.
If I can, what are the recommendations on type of hub, how to connect and which devices will funtion better (if any) plugged directly into the TC vs. the hub.
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Best value is 8port.. and they now have green ones.. they auto turn off unused ports to save power.. the power saved is negligible but the heat disappation goes down and it runs cooler. Should be less than $80.. maybe even $50.

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G4 I've just upgraded to high speed DSL from SBC and have a new 2 wire 1701HG gateway modem, which I want to use to connect my old G4 desk top by wire and use my powerbook G4 by the wireless capability of the modem. The problem is that I've always connected my computer and modem to a Macnally ethernet hub and I'm told by SBC that I have to connect the ethernet cable directly to the G4. However if I do this I won't be able to use my old hp printer that can only be used via the connection through the ethernet hub. (The old G4 has one ethernet port). SBC isn't helpful at all with any other configuration. Any suggestions?
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Frank thanks for the link to the 2 Wire site and for the diagram. I must admit to knowing little about this equipment. For five years I've used dsl from SBC with a different modem and connected the ethernet cord from the modem to the an ethernet hub and it worked fine. According to SBC I can't do that now but I haven't tired. Yesterday, while on the phone to the SBC technical support I followed their directions and wasn't able to connect the DSL line even connecting everything directly to the computer. Maybe the line wasn't ready. I will try again tomorrow. According to your diagram I would need a router to go through before the hub. Hopefully tomorrow will bring a new supply of patience and I'll find the way that works... Regards
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