10baseT uses 2 twisted pair, that is four wires 2 for data in and two for data out. You can connect 2 ethernet interfaces without a hub by reversing these pairs. I'll be amazed if you are abled to connect 2 to 1 with a Y connector. My guess is you'll screw up the signal clocking. 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 > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Paul Overby Poverby at megsinet.net Office: 651-686-6074 Home: 452-3233