better off buying a cheap hub. someone better versed in the electronics than I will explain this. Essentially, the splitter does not provide the right circuitry back to the switch.
-- www.chuckslongroad.info like my web site? take the survey! ""Sim, CT (Chee Tong)"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi.. I have a friend staying in the hostel room which has a wall port > (RJ45) link to the internet. As there are two persons (two PC) staying in > that room. So they bought a cable splitter. (one side with one female RJ45 > jack and another side with two female RJ45 jack). So that two PCs can > connect to internet at the same time, However, I did the same thing to my > switch port to make it one switch port to two ports but my PCs that > connected to the two ports can't connect to the network at all. Did I did > anything wrong? Bought the wrong cable splitter? Or my friend's campus end > back is different from mine? > > > > Thanks a lot > > > > > > > ================================================================== > De informatie opgenomen in dit bericht kan vertrouwelijk zijn en > is uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde. Indien u dit bericht > onterecht ontvangt wordt u verzocht de inhoud niet te gebruiken en > de afzender direct te informeren door het bericht te retourneren. > ================================================================== > The information contained in this message may be confidential > and is intended to be exclusively for the addressee. Should you > receive this message unintentionally, please do not use the contents > herein and notify the sender immediately by return e-mail. > > > ================================================================== Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=55668&t=55667 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]