[Gllug] Network cable splitters

[Chris Bell]

On Sun 26 Oct, Peter Ball wrote:
> 
> On 26 Oct 2003 at 11:22, Dylan wrote:
> 
> > On Sunday 26 October 2003 01:51 am, Grzegorz Jaskiewicz wrote:
> > > On Sun, 26 Oct 2003, Dylan wrote:
> > > > In my continuing home LAN bumblings, I need to run a line about
> > > > 30m. I'll be using the cat5 with the single cores, not the flex
> > > > style, between two RJ5 socket boxes. Now, I need to run two lines,
> > > > for two separate networks. I've seen splitters, which allow one
> > > > cat5 cable to carry two network connections. Have any of you used
> > > > anything like that?
> > >
> > > Hub, switch ?
> > 
> > They are two separate subnets running at different speeds.
>  
> It doesn't matter as long as they are 10 or 100 (none of this will work at 1000)
> 
   There is no need to run separate networks because individual boxes run at
different speeds, ordinary 10/100 hubs and switches auto-sense the speed of
each box and use a store-and-forward system to link the different speed
boxes. The difference between these hubs and switches is that hubs only have
one speed change link between two busses, switches have one for each
connection and can route the data directly between the boxes without it
appearing at any other connection, although there is very little difference
in price. The choice of connections therefore depends on the number of boxes
at either end of the connection, and whether you need a hub or switch at
each end of the link. I would still run at least two Cat5 cables, even if
one is just a spare.


-- 
Chris Bell


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