2 Ethernet Connections On One Cable

Is it possible to have one cat5 4 twisted pairs cable and split it into two ethernet ports.

2 ethernet connections on one cable.

Superuser reader ravenix wants to know if it is possible to run two ethernet connections over the same cable. Simple demo on setting up an ethernet switch to connect multiple computers to one ethernet connection in an office or room. The t568a and t568b standards. My query is if it is possible to wire a cable that uses 2 pairs wired to pin 1 2 3 6 on each head.

There are two standard rj45 pinouts for the individual arrangement of the wire connections to the rj45 connectors within an ethernet cable. That is pair 1 pin1 pin2 pair 2 pin3. One or other of the conventions should be followed as this will ensure the required connectivity although as it is just a colour convention and the same wires and pairs are. I know ethernet only needs 4 wires so that would not be a problem but would the connections interfere with each other or work without issues.

You cannot just connect 2 ethernet cables from the same router device to your computer for increased bandwidth using link aggregation applications like speedify. After all even the best wi fi routers have often unused ethernet ports that with the right cable can routinely move upward of 1 gigabit per second gbps and as far as 330 feet surpassing wi. Just curious as to whether it s possible to take my modem s one ethernet port and connect two ethernet cables into it via a multi port switch kind of like a phone jack splitter allowing two phone lines to go into one phone port except here we have a modem s single ethernet port.