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How to connect 2 PCs to the same powerline adapter

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ANGELEASTICKS Posted messages 6 Status Member -  
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Hello,
I am a micro-entrepreneur and I primarily do online sales, so I need an internet connection. I work far from the router, and as a result, the wifi does not reach me. I am therefore connected via powerline.
I will soon welcome an intern who will need to connect her own PC to work on my site as well.
So here is "finally" my question:
Is it possible to put some kind of "Ethernet power strip" on my powerline connection so that she can connect her PC at the same time as mine?
Thank you to everyone who will come to my rescue ;-)

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    brupala Posted messages 111140 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   14 441
     
    Hi,
    you can put an Ethernet switch behind powerline adapters just like behind a real cable.

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    and ... There you go!
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    1. ANGELEASTICKS Posted messages 6 Status Member
       
      Ouhla Attention you have to speak to me in French otherwise I don’t understand anything ;-)
      What is a powerline modem? The socket?
      And I read that with Ethernet switches you could connect from one PC to another but that you couldn't be connected on both at the same time?
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    3. brupala Posted messages 111140 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   14 441 > ANGELEASTICKS Posted messages 6 Status Member
       
      No, definitely not that.
      When we talk about a switch, even in French, it's a switch, not some random thing.
      A powerline adapter is a powerline adapter.
      Few people call powerline adapters modems, yet that's exactly the definition of a modem; in any case, they are not sockets.
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    4. ANGELEASTICKS Posted messages 6 Status Member > brupala Posted messages 111140 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      Ok so in summary, if I connect an Ethernet cable from the powerline adapter to one of the ports on the switch, then connect the 2 PCs to 2 other ports, it will work?
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    5. brupala Posted messages 111140 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   14 441 > ANGELEASTICKS Posted messages 6 Status Member
       
      Yes, of course, except in truly exceptional cases.
      But switches are designed for that in the first place.
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  2. ANGELEASTICKS Posted messages 6 Status Member
     
    Yes indeed, but the idea was precisely not to reinvest in new powerline adapters since I already own some and this is only temporary since the intern will only be here for 3 weeks...
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