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# Compact design, makes you feel free to enjoy your internet surfing and playing. # Convert a single RJ45 outlet to two RL45 sockets. # Expand one RJ45 outlet into two 8 wire RJ45 T adapter. # Parallel wiring connector: 3x RJ45 female.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Previous reviewers who all gave this product 1 star and said it doesn't work are wrong.
It is not the products fault that you do not know what it is supposed to do.
The ONLY way you can connect more than one device to one ethernet cable is to use a switch, hub or router.
You can use this as a cable splitter to two devices but only one would work at any time. Connect them both and you have a conflict.
This device is for cutting down cabling costs, to get it to work you need two, which is why so many similar devices are sold in pairs.
At point A you have two ethernet cables (from a modem router or similar) you plug those into the two sockets on this unit.
Then you can use just one cable, plugged into the single socket on the first unit, to take the connection to point B where you plug the single cable into the one socket on the second unit.
Then you can plug two further cables into the remaining two sockets and you have two devices connected at point B.
All these units are meant to do is allow you to use one long cable instead of two with one of these units on each end.
Eight wires in a network cable and only four are used so these allow all eight wires to carry two connections with two different IP addresses along one cable.
If you have to take a connection 30 metres or further this will drastically cut down on cabling costs or if the internal wiring is inaccesible so you have one cable but cannot add a second it allows you to double the connections at one end.
Sorry to moan about this but you people can't really whinge about the product because you don't understand its purpose.
It is like buying a spanner when you do not know what size you need and then complaining when it doesn't fit.
It is not the products fault that you do not know what it is supposed to do.
The ONLY way you can connect more than one device to one ethernet cable is to use a switch, hub or router.
You can use this as a cable splitter to two devices but only one would work at any time. Connect them both and you have a conflict.
This device is for cutting down cabling costs, to get it to work you need two, which is why so many similar devices are sold in pairs.
At point A you have two ethernet cables (from a modem router or similar) you plug those into the two sockets on this unit.
Then you can use just one cable, plugged into the single socket on the first unit, to take the connection to point B where you plug the single cable into the one socket on the second unit.
Then you can plug two further cables into the remaining two sockets and you have two devices connected at point B.
All these units are meant to do is allow you to use one long cable instead of two with one of these units on each end.
Eight wires in a network cable and only four are used so these allow all eight wires to carry two connections with two different IP addresses along one cable.
If you have to take a connection 30 metres or further this will drastically cut down on cabling costs or if the internal wiring is inaccesible so you have one cable but cannot add a second it allows you to double the connections at one end.
Sorry to moan about this but you people can't really whinge about the product because you don't understand its purpose.
It is like buying a spanner when you do not know what size you need and then complaining when it doesn't fit.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Broddr's review, describing how you could use a pair of these to run two ethernet connections over a single wire is incorrect. There are splitters which do what he describes, by separating out the unused 4 connections into a second socket, and for which his description is absolutely correct. This product is not one of those splitters - or at least the ones I received aren't.
These splitters connect all 8 connections between all three sockets. So at point A in Broddr's description you would effectively be connecting the two sockets on the router to each other.
This _can_ be used to "split" a socket into two, provided only one connected device is active on the network at a time. In my case I'm using it to connect an XBox360 and an OnLive box to a single socket, which works fine provided only one device is powered up at a time.
But to be honest you're probably better off searching for a network "economiser" (that seems to be the term widely used on Amazon), which _is_ the sort of thing Broddr described. You'll need a pair of them, and then Broddr's description is spot on.
These splitters connect all 8 connections between all three sockets. So at point A in Broddr's description you would effectively be connecting the two sockets on the router to each other.
This _can_ be used to "split" a socket into two, provided only one connected device is active on the network at a time. In my case I'm using it to connect an XBox360 and an OnLive box to a single socket, which works fine provided only one device is powered up at a time.
But to be honest you're probably better off searching for a network "economiser" (that seems to be the term widely used on Amazon), which _is_ the sort of thing Broddr described. You'll need a pair of them, and then Broddr's description is spot on.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
As already said you CAN'T use this to connect 2 PCs to 1 network cable. Your router assigns a different IP address for each cable connected to it. What this splitter does is effectively try to assign 2 different IP adresses to 1 cable. Your router won't have none of that so both PCs will not connect.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Doesn't do what you'd hope
I hoped that this would allow me to connect 2 network devices to one lead (TV & Xbox) to the network lead to the kitchen - Wrong! Read more
Published 2 months ago by S. Walker
Great - as long as you are using it for the right purpose
This device is great as long as you are using it for the right purpose.
The wiring is like this
Pin1 on the left socket is wired to Pin1 on the Right Socket and... Read more
The wiring is like this
Pin1 on the left socket is wired to Pin1 on the Right Socket and... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Roger
Not great
I brought this thinking it would allow my PS3 and PC to use my internet connection at the same time but no, when you connect both cables to it, only one connects, so if your... Read more
Published 5 months ago by wraggy
A switch NOT a splitter
Just to add to the already posted comments - This will not split a cable allowing it to be used for two devices. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Laura E. Cadamarteri
Not a splitter
I agree with the previous reviewer this product does not support splitting a port.
it is however ideal for adding length to a network cable, allowing you to simply... Read more
it is however ideal for adding length to a network cable, allowing you to simply... Read more
Published 9 months ago by King Leks
Does not work
Doesn't work if you need to split your connection I suggest you search on amazon for a "lan hub/switch" as this product doesn't work.
Published 10 months ago by tom fox
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