Can A Network Cable Be Split

If your network is 100base tx with a cat 5 cable you can split the cable but you do so by using an adapter to use all four pairs in your existing long cat 5.

Can a network cable be split.

Can i use a splitter on cat5. Product title 2 pieces rj45 plug 3 way 8p8c network ethernet split. I don t think you can split an ethernet cable honestly. With our final answer from andre borie.

39 list list price 12 99 12. It is totally worth getting the ethernet switch in my opinion. Are you able to plug your dvd player into your router. You can easily run 2 2 pair ethernet connections through1 4 pair cat5.

If the ethernet switch you re using has gigabit ports then your transfer speed on the switch will greatly surpass that of your internet download speeds. You could try a switch which would let you plug in both your dvd player and router to the modem without causing some kind of ip address conflicts. 3 out of 5 stars based on 2 reviews 2 ratings current price 6 39 6. Making a custom one is as easy as doing what you did here with a short piece of cable and putting a plug on the end of it.

You could use vlans and give each cable a vlan number so that computers set to a particular vlan would only see packets tagged with that vlan s number along with using a standard unmanaged switch to split the cable into multiple ports. But if you split an existing cat5 cable into a y cable then the result is that you re unable to connect to your network and can t get on the internet if you really want to do it get a switch or fix the wireless settings.