[ale] 1 RJ45 == 2 RJ45

[Mike Panetta]

Its not a very good idea, atleast if you care about speed, to do it like this.  That thing looks like its basicly an increadably cheap "mini hub" of sorts.  It just cross connects the Tx and Rx pairs through transistors that are connected to function as 2 high speed back to back diodes (assuming I read the schematic correctly).  This will more then likely have alot of collisions at 10base-T speeds, and will probably be unuseable at 100BaseT.


Mike


-------Original Message-------
From: Christopher Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: 03/18/03 11:41 AM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: [ale] 1 RJ45 == 2 RJ45

> 
> A while back I was looking for a way to take one RJ45 network port and
make 2 out of it.  RadioShack has a device that does it for $20.  Below
is the schematics for the device.  Right now purchasing is far cheaper
than building.


<a target=_blank
href="http://support.radioshack.com/support_supplies/doc66/66324.pdf">http://support.radioshack.com/support_supplies/doc66/66324.pdf</a>


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