> 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. >
Oh yeah and we all miss the reliability and speed don't we!
