Connecting cubes to a switch

[sandman102]

I now have 5 cubes and and a problem.  Not enough ports on my linksys router.

A friend is suggesting that I switch, the one I am looking at is a Linksys LGS124 24-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch.

Will the cubes still work if they are connected to the switch?

What about the ip addresses; how does the switch know which cube has which ip address?

Thanks

Sandman102

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[hpitcher]

24 port gig switch is over kill the cube only have a 10base t Ethernet port not 100 or 1 gig u could get a 8 port 100 megs switch cheaper im sure but any switch will work I had 2 cubes on a switch dlink.

[sandman102]

Thanks for letting me know it will work.
The choice of that switch was just because it was suggested by a friend.
I didn't know the speed of the cube, so thanks for that info as well.

BTW, do you need to configure the cube prior to connecting it to the switch or can it be configured from the switch side?

Thanks

Sandman102

[klondike_bar]

24 port gig switch is over kill the cube only have a 10base t Ethernet port not 100 or 1 gig u could get a 8 port 100 megs switch cheaper im sure but any switch will work I had 2 cubes on a switch dlink.

go on craigslist or a local eledtronics recycler - you can probably get a 24 or 48-port network switch for <$20

I got mine for $15 - 48 ports at 100meg, with 2 trunk ports that are 1gig connections for interlinking multiple switches to the router. dead-easy to use, its a simple plug/play router basically.  (my understanding is that switch is NOT a router, so unless your modem is a modem+router, a router is still needed to handle the divvying up of ip addresses and DNS

[hpitcher]

any switch will do and if u already have the cube ip's set there plug and play the switch does NO routing (but smart switches do) but any they are cheap dlink Linksys at work I can get a 5 port 100 dlink switch for 22 bucks give or take.

[Colin Miner]

Connect your cubes to the new switch you buy, but also connect one port of the switch to your linksys router.

That way each device on your new switch will get an IP address from the linksys router (via DHCP).