Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I was given a Netgear GS108 Switch by a dear and longtime friend. I plan to use it as follows: I have a Linksys (CISCO) wireless router/firewall with four "outgoing ports," which takes my incoming internet connection and one of the connections is allocated to my Dell desktop (which is still not 100%). One ofthe other ports goes out to my LG BD590 DVD player in another room, which means that I have a very, very long cable running across the floor, which really doesn't excite my wife. My TV also has an internet input (RJ45 port) and my receiver does as well. I was told that the Switch would solve my problems, allowing me to connect all of my devices in my AV room to the wireless router (possibly having to have one long Cat 5 or Cat 6 cable run from the CISCO router in my computer room under the floor and up to my AV room. I don't have a manual for the GS108, nor does Netgear have a downloadable manual on the web. The Netgear has 8 ports in the front but I can't find any place to put the incoming Cat5 or Cat6 cable into the device. I thought that the switch worked something like a signal splitter (in the same way that the rear of the router does, splitting one incoming internet connection to be "shared" by multiple devices). I realize that the Netgear GS108 *might* be wireless, but how the heck do I hook the *#$&#*$& thing up? I've performed various Google searches without finding out what I need to do to make this work. Do I need some other piece of hardware? Please, what am I missing? Your kind assistance would be appreciated and might help me stay sane. Your friend, Larry --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------