USB Router Support?

[Willis Taylor]

Karl Auer wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-02-02 at 12:48 -0800, NoOp wrote:
>   
>>> Everything you asked is yes.  i am unable to remove the ethernet card 
>>> because it is onboard the mainboard and the Cat5e is not connected to 
>>> the pouter.  The router has has only the one RJ port and while it 
>>> supports over two hundred computers they must all be wireless or HPNA 
>>> after this one I'm typing on is plugged in with the Cat5e.  I was not 
>>> aware there was a Kubuntu list, I'll need to find that one.
>>>       
>
> Coming to this a little late and missed the original posting, so this
> may be way off base but:
>
> Most little routers with USB and ethernet interfaces support only ONE of
> those at a time. That is, you can connect through them via USB *or* via
> ethernet, but not both at the same time. The USB port is really there
> for what is a typical home configuration, where only one machine needs
> access through the router. Very often, one or the other port will
> automatically take precedence, so that the ordinary user doesn't have to
> configure anything.
>
> To support more than one machine on such a router, you need an ethernet
> switch. You connect one port on the switch to the ethernet port on the
> router, then plug your other devices into the other ports on the switch.
> Means all connected devices must support ethernet.
>
> Regards, K.
>
>   
The problem here is that when booted on the live CD I had LAN and 
internet.  Now that I have installed on the HDD I have neither.  And the 
2Wire has supported 3 computers without conflict right up to this 
install and if I fire the mian computer up in windows it still supports 
all three units plus any unit I have in for repair.

Thanks for the attempt and with the input these are producing, perhaps 
someone smarter than me will have the answer.  Thanks again.
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