How can i split one Ethernet cable off a router connected to a modem?

How can i split one Ethernet cable off a router connected to a modem? How can i do this to have 2 active connections off that one cable at once. Can i attach another router to the cable off the previous router?How can i split one Ethernet cable off a router connected to a modem?
You will be able to split or divide the connection coming from your router using a hub/switch.

Hubs are just amplifiers(repeaters) which perform the splitting function, It is better to use a Switch instead of hub because they are intelligent and efficient than Hubs.



You can get a switch with 8 ports and connect up to 7 computers to the switch and 1 to the router



Internet-----%26gt;Modem------%26gt;Router---

--%26gt;Switch/Hub------%26gt;ComputersHow can i split one Ethernet cable off a router connected to a modem?
Ok... lets go over this step by step.



You have a modem, connected to a cable or DSL connection.



There's an ethernet cable going from your modem to a router, connecting to it's uplink port.



Your router has one other port, where your existing computer is connected.



There is a good chance that there is another plug, beside the one where your computer is connected, that you can use for another active connection.



If there isn't a second connection on your router, you have to decide between getting a new router or an ethernet switch, which would plug in between your existing computer and the router.



There's a good chance that a new router would cost less than a switch, and it's also more likely that the least expensive router would be wireless as well. Most wireless routers can have the wireless feature turned off if you don't want it, so there's no need to pay more for a wired-only router.



The one other thing that sounds like a possibility in your case is that you want to share the one ethernet cable with a second machine in the same room, and while your current router has more open ports, you don't want to run a second cable from your existing router. For that, you would use an ethernet switch, which usually has 5, 8, 15, or more ports. Connect it to the existing cable, then plug your two machines in to any of the remaining ports.
You can't. One cable -- one computer. There's nothing in a simple splice that would prevent collisions between messages from the two computers.



But I think it is possible to connect another router and have multiple computers attached to it. Routers are way smarter than physical splices.



Unfortunately, I've never done it so I can't give you advice as to how to set up the routers.



Hope that helps.