LAN/Ethernet Hub/Splitter? How to Connect?

if the router is inaccessible, is your connection only wireless? why not just run a cable up to the apartment and have a router there?

if skype is your service, you do not have a telephone line, you have a voice over ip communication device. this simulates a telephone over an internet connection, which means that you have a data port in your apartment.

Going by what you say, the router's not yours... and you're leasing the the ethernet connection.

Get a second router, attach it to the ethernet plug, and make sure you set the router's *outer* IP range to something different (not all routers allow for this!), so that there won't be any conflicts caused by the 192.168.0.x range on *both*.

A router has an internal and an external IP address - the external one is the internet connection, and is dictated by the ISP; the internal one is a local LAN address, and is usually a 192.168.0.x range. Connecting two routers will cause one of the two to have a 192.168.0.x range on *both* ends - and a lot of routers will not allow this.

Get a router that can be configured to switch between a 192.168.0.x and a 10.0.0.x range to avoid this problem - and do NOT get a a LinkSys, as they are notorious for problems with this kind of setup.

A switch would be another option - saves you the hassle of the IP address conflict, but will not allow you to create an internal network like a router would.

A hub (if you can even still get those) will sort of work, but is not smart enough to divert network traffic, and will cause a considerable lag in connectivity due to data collisions.

Simple:You should by a switch, and go with static ip-s.

plug it in