[John Giddens]

... Or is a router necessary?

 

[rothkatz]

I don't have 2 of these to test, but you will most likely need a cross over cable as opposed to a standard straight cable. Otherwise you will need to use a switch or a hub between them


-r

 

[franc11s]

For the cost of a hub ($15) and the need to keep them "online" anyway, I wouldn't even go there. You can't copy between them and the speed between the 2 is not typically limited by even a 10mbs network so therefore it won't be any faster.

 

[John Giddens]

Indeed a cross over cable was what I meant.

 

[John Giddens]

I just want to share between them, and to only have to use one set of component video cables to my TV due to the expense of component cables.

 

[RandyL712]

Get yourself a $5 hub and you're set.

 

[sfhub]

Would the units have a problem retrieving program schedule updates

if they are only connected to each other using crossover? I thought

you couldn't retrieve program schedule info by modem and still have

the network active until the new software update posted a few days

ago.