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WithanEthernet"splitter",youcansimultaneouslyconnecttwocomputers(or
othernetworkdevices)ononeEthernetcable.YoucanbuyEthernetsplittersfor
approximately$20.00USDbutyoualsocanmakeyourown.
Context:
Oneoffice,oneethernetjackandtwocomputers,or
Onelivingroom,oneethernetjackandoneHTPCandoneXBox.
Ifyoucan'trealistically(withouttearingapartwallsorrentingascissorlift)pull
onemoreethernetcablefromthepatchpaneltotheoffice/livingroometc.you

canconsidertheuseofanEthernet"splitter".
I'massumingallthefourpairsoftheethernetcablesareproperlyconnected
withintheethernetwallplateandthepatchpanel.

Step1:Whatyouneed

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InorderdomakeyourownEthernetsplittersyou'llneedthefollowing:
TwoRJ45CrimpablePlug
FourRJ45keystonejack
ShortEthernetCableScrap(approximately2feet)
Thetoolsyou'llneed:
RJ45CrimpTool
Craftknife
110PunchDownTool
LoctiteSuperGlue
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Step2:CrimptheRJ45Plugtotheethernetcable

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...usingthefollowingwiringscheme:
1White/Orange
2Orange
3White/Green
4Blue
5White/Blue
6Green
7White/Brown
8Brown
TakenfromtheexcellentHardwareBook:
www.hardwarebook.net/cable/network/ethernet10basetstraightthru.html

Step3:PunchdowntheotherendtotheRJ45keystone
jacks

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Taketheotherendofthecable,cutitto9inchesandpunchdownthefourpairs
usingthefollowingwiringscheme:
Jack#1:
1White/Orangetopin1keystonejack
2Orangetopin2keystonejack
3White/Greentopin3keystonejack
6Greentopin6keystonejack
Jack#2:
4Bluetopin2keystonejack
5White/Bluetopin1keystonejack
7White/Browntopin3keystonejack
8Browntopin6keystonejack
Onceallthepairsarepuncheddown,youcangluetogethersidebysidethetwo
keystonejacks.

Step4:Makeonemoresplitter

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...usingthepreviousinformationsoyouenduphavingtwosplitters.

Step5:PlugonesplittertotheRJ45wallplate

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...andplugthetwocomputerstothesplitter.

Step6:Plugtheothersplittertothepatchpanel

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...andplugtwopatchcordsfromthesplittertotwofreeethernetjacksfromthe
switch.Ifyoursplitterconnectionsarerightthetwoleds"LINK"fromtheswitch
onwhichthepatchcordareconnectedshouldturnon.

Step7:Finalwords
Wenowhavetwocomputerssimultaneouslyconnectedusingonlyoneethernet
cable.ThismethodissimilartoPoE(PoweroverEthernet)butinsteadof
injectingDC,itisinjectinganother"data".
Butagain,itisbetterifyoucantopullonemoreethernetcablefromthepatch
paneltothewallplate.Butinsomespecificcases,theEthernet"splitter"can
helpout.

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