On Mar 9, 12:16pm, "Andrew Dorsett" wrote:
} On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth) wrote:
}
} > } If it was Ethernet, the only way it could have worked is if the second
} pair
} > } happened to go to another switch port. You can't turn one switch port
} into
} > } two simply by splitting the cable.
} >
} > Although, you can do this, I wouldn't advise it except in cases
} > where it would be very difficult to run additional cable. Also, if
} > this was the case, I would expect the hotel to provide the splitter, or
} > better yet, install a dual outlet jack.
}
} While splitting the 4 pair into two seperate switch ports violates the
} Cat5(e) specs; it is do-able on short, relatively interference free
} cable runs. Virginia Tech, for instance, uses that as a short-term
} solution when they have to place three students in one dorm room that was
} intended for two people.
} They take one of the two cables going into the room and modify it. The
} standard 2 pair are used for one switch port and the other two pair are
} split off to another switch port. Then they supply the extra student with
} a custom wired splitter that they attach to the modified ethernet portal.
This is certainly a relatively cheap way of doing it. Although,
given the cost of switch ports on decent switches, they could just as
well hand them a cheap hub. Another way of doing it is to use a 3Com
Network Jack, which is basically a 4 port switched crammed onto a face
plate. See:
http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/prodlist.jsp?tab=cat&pathtype=purchase&cat=61&selcat=Network+Jacks&family=251
}-- End of excerpt from "Andrew Dorsett"
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