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Kjesse · 10-31-2012, 12:08 AM

Thanks to both of you.

So using input/output language is wrong. I consider the connection from my modem to my router as "input" then the other 4 as "output", but with the second router, using my terminology, I connect from an "out" or "lan" to another "out" or "lan", and not the input?

I guess what I've learned from your comments is that the benefit of network cable is it can be bidirectional, which I knew, but I'm more used to connecting stereo equipment so I'm in the mindset of input/output.

So I can connect two routers, via their lan connections, and they'll share the same internet connection coming from the primary router? That is the intial concern, but Rathji, you seem to have touched on my other concern which is I'm going to be routing all my music via a Qnap through the wired connection.

10-31-2012, 12:08 AM	#4
Kjesse Retired Join Date: Oct 2003 Exp:	Thanks to both of you. So using input/output language is wrong. I consider the connection from my modem to my router as "input" then the other 4 as "output", but with the second router, using my terminology, I connect from an "out" or "lan" to another "out" or "lan", and not the input? I guess what I've learned from your comments is that the benefit of network cable is it can be bidirectional, which I knew, but I'm more used to connecting stereo equipment so I'm in the mindset of input/output. So I can connect two routers, via their lan connections, and they'll share the same internet connection coming from the primary router? That is the intial concern, but Rathji, you seem to have touched on my other concern which is I'm going to be routing all my music via a Qnap through the wired connection.