On 2/8/12 10:20 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote:
> Hi All,
> I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this, but I want to check. I
> have a client who is convinced they need an "ethernet splitter". They
> have one ethernet jack and want to connect a tower and a printer to
> it. I believe they need a switch, but then I found this page:
> http://www.ethernetsplitterhub.com/
>
> It seems to claim that you put a splitter on each end of an
> ethernet cable and it merges the data onto one cable at one end and
> then splits it apart on the other. My guess is that they are using
> pairs 1 and 2 for one jack and pairs 3 and 4 for the other, but I'm
> not sure.
These used to be common, it would let you run 2 100mbit connections over
a single cable. You install in pairs, and it would still take two
switch ports back at the other end.
Now days, especially if using Gigabit, your better off with a small
gigabit switch, possibly making sure that it can do jumbo frames, then
with one of these hacks.
GigE requires all 4 pairs.
Harry
> Anyone want to comment?
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