[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: sharing/splitting a Cat5 cable

[Alan Andrews]

Yes you can do it.  You just have to keep the twisted pairs together.
(1&2,3&6)   Either crimp two RJ-45 connectors at each end of the cable
run, or make a custom splitter if you already have jacks in the walls. 
You can make a cheap splitter with three RJ-45s and a piece of CAT5.  
   


On Sat, 2002-03-16 at 14:22, Jack-I-Need-a-Job-Snodgrass wrote:
> I have a 100 foot run of Cat5 cable. I REALLY, REALLY don't 
> want to run a second 100 foot run of Cat5 cable. I'm still patching
> the extra holes from the last time I did this. :(
> 
> For a home LAN, can I get away with splitting this cable run into 
> two different LAN connections? I don't want a hub... I want 2
> physical connections out of the one piece of Cat5 cable. One 
> will be my cable modem ('public' side of my home LAN )  to my 
> linux box and the other will be the 'private' side of my home LAN.
> I could have the linux box next to where the cable modem is 
> located, but that's not a good spot.
> 
> Now if I can split the cable and run with this setup, what's the 
> most cost effective way to do so?  I don't really want to spend 
> $100 to do this. Are there any simple / cheap devices that 
> will let me use pair 1 and pair 3 of a Cat5 cable at the same 
> time? 
> 
> Thanks - jack 
> 
> 
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