Never mind.
I thought the only way this could waor would be to disable the line
drivers & receivers on the box that was in standby mode. I found out this
is exactly what they do. There are only two active devices on the wire at
any given time.
Just had to wade though a few more pages of marketing drivel to find the
information.
Dale
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Dale Botkin wrote:
>
> Has anyone ever seen/used or know of an Ethernet Y cable? Something that
> would, for instance, allow one to connect two machines to one switch port
> or vice versa. We're evaluating a load balancing box from a vendor now
> and it includes such a device. There's a rack mount box, inside of which
> is a bunch of Y cable boards, little passive boards with 3 RJ45 jacks
> each. No power, just a few passive R & C components. I've never seen or
> heard of this being done, and wonder if it is completely contrary to sound
> practice or not. I have an application where such a device would be
> perfect if it will work and is practical, but I have to admit to a certain
> amount of skepticism.
>
> Dale
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