Ethernet question

[fazersharp]

Fazersharp - No, he is suggesting that you can use a second switch / hub on the tail of that 4th cable which won't work for you as you don't wish to plug anything else in.

So a switch on my tail into my 4th port and then all my extra stuff into the switch.But the switch has to be powered.
So all my extra stuff will run at the same time, with each bit of infomation from each device sent in packets in turn to the 1 (4th ) port. Wont that slow it down.

  So to get in my head-- I only need 1 of my 3 extra devices to connect to the internet at a time.
There is nothing out there for me to use where I can have all my 3 extras pernamantly plugged in to something and then that something goes to my last (4th) port on router. Even though I only need 1 item at a time to be on the web there is nothing that can do this that is not itself powered.
So I am left with my current set up with 3 ports taken up permanently and the 4th with a little tail dangling inside the cupboard and on the end of that is a male to male connector, and terminating also in the cupboard is 3 extra device cables that I manually swap at the male to male connector tail.



Think im gonna go for a ride and clear my head !!