Is there any reason you couldn't just use a cheap unmanaged 4-port 10/100
switch (about $30 on pricewatch)?

Jeff


On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Brian wrote:

> I realize this is a bad idea, but in my application I think it will be
> Good Enough(tm).  In my fiancee's apartment I have a Cat5 cable running
> from the living room to the geek lounge.  The cable modem is in the living
> room because there's no cable TV connectors in any other room.  I now want
> to put a WebTV type component into the entertainment center but it needs
> to be inside the firewall.  Is there such thing as a Y adapter that I
> could split 1 Cat5 run into 2 ethernet lines?  Yes, I realize it would
> break the standard but seeing as how one line is connecting to my cable
> modem (2 Mb/sec max) and the other will be 10 Mb/s, it should work.  Does
> anybody sell these or is this just a dumb idea and I should have no
> business trying?
> 
> -Brian
> 
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