Can I use this or this (any difference between those?) to split my Internet from 1 cable into two cables? My pc is in a shed with an underground cat5 cable running from the modem in the house. So I only have 1 cable and want to hook up another PC to the Internet. Both pcs will be running and send/receving at the same time.
Split Ethernet in Two Using Adapter?
figarow on 29/06/2017 - 16:32
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This Ethernet splitter allows two computers to share one Ethernet line ONE AT A TIME, but it doesn't support both computer to connect onto the internet simultaneously.You need a switch or a hub.
Yeah I read that but thought he might be concerned about negative feedback when clueless people complain about half the bandwidth missing lol.
Pretty sure you need something like this:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Tenda-S105-5-Port-10-100M-Et…
Cheers, is that my cheapest option?
If you want to buy locally and not have to wait 2~4 weeks for your item to arrive, the TPLink SG-1005D and D-Link DGS-1005A does gigabit speeds and has 5 ports.
http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=TP-LINK+TL-…
http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=D-Link+DGS-…yeah that'll work. Disable DHCP, disable the wireless if you don't need it. plug everything into LAN ports 1-4.
The short answer is no. You will need to buy a network switch to do that. A splitter will split the cable, but you can only use one device at a time. I had the same problem running cables to another part of my house. I just reused one of my old 802.11g wireless router as a switch.
Awesome thanks for the info.
I was in a similar situation and ended up getting an old hub off gumtree for $5.
I don't know why people are saying its not possible?
You can get a splitter to split a cat5/6 (4 pair) cable into 2 x (2 pairs) but you need an adapter on both sides and will be limited to 100Mb on both, however its not recommended.
I've done before when i didn't want to waste money and electricity on a switch just for an extra device.
While I certainly agree that using a switch is the appropriate solution — Sunny84 is correct.
Provided you have a pair of devices at either end of the cable to map back to the standard TX/RX pins — you can send two sets of 4-wire 100Mbit over a single 8-wire cat5/6 cable, simultaneously, without collisions etc.
Two of these would indeed do the job, as the product description makes clear:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Exclusive-Ethernet-Extension…
Why is your PC in a shed :(
You will definitely get double the speed if you plug both cables into the one PC though.
Did you see the disclaimer at the bottom?