is it possible to connect a router to a modem and take one port of the router and connect it to another router so i can hook up my box to my comp and to the net ....(the other router is in the upstairs comp room) i have only one port on the router

You mean a cable modem or DSL right?, ya you can add switches/routers/hubs to get more ports so your comp and xbox are both on. But if you have static IP then you might have to re-configure some stuff. I have DSL with static IP but I just configure the xbox to vary 1 IP off on my internal network.

i mean to have two routers hooked up to one cable modem

can u do it

someone please help me i really nead to know

The question is why would you need two routers plugged into one cable modem? You're wasting your money by having two routers.

If you have a router and need more ethernet ports just get a standard network hub and plug it into one of the routers ports. The router will then "route" everything coming from the network hub.

If you've gotten ahead of yourself and already gotten two routers then you need to access the configuration page of the second router and turn off all the DHCP and routing functions to basically turn it into a standard network hub. (In this case you basically spent extra money for a router and ended up using it as a cheaper network hub)

heres the deal.. i have a router but its not in my room and i have a hub...in my room

to hook up the hub i nead to run crossover cable from the router to my hub for it to work?? or standard cat 5?

sorry for the Q & A im new

You don't need a cross over cable. Just use the uplink port on the hub.

ok thanx its all working good now but i have one more Q whats the dif between uplink and normal

uplink is for your internet, other data connection. The uplink from your first router is plugged into the cable modem/DSL then shares the signal with the other ports, so making a connection from a port on your router to the uplink on your hub will share the signal with the rest of the hub..

hope that makes senese for you.

thanx

the uplink port is just crossed over, if you put a x-over cable in anyother port it has the same effect as a standard cable in the uplink. Usually if you use the UL port port 1 no longer works or if you use port 1 the UL doesn't work.

thanx