On Friday 23 February 2007, Andrew Errington wrote: > I can see that this means you can plug a device into one or other of the > sockets, and they are then connected back to the server area, but you are > just asking for trouble when someone plugs something into both sockets.
It's hard to tell from the picture, but could it be that someone has used a single cable run to carry the signals for 2 hosts on the network? CAT5 cable has 4 pairs, 2 of which are normally unused. Yes it's gross waste, but that's what makes the world go round. Sometimes one appreciates the olden days of CAT2 co-ax when adding another host was simply a matter of a couple of BNC connectors and a Tee-Piece. -- CS
