Ethernet splitter?

[Joelbanks5]

So I wanted 2 Ethernet cables coming to my room but through a miscommunication I got one. And also the one I got isn't like a plug at all, it's really just an extra long Ethernet cable going to my room from my router. I will post a picture of it to help. 

 

Anyway witj it's that background info out of the way, my question is how can or if I can split it into 2 with something so I can have 2 PCs connected to it?

[ChillyPepperGuy]

you can use a Small switch like this
https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-5-Port-Ethernet-Desktop-TL-SF1005D/dp/B000FNFSPY/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1480818453&sr=1-2&keywords=ethernet+splitter

[meenmeen1103]

edited my derp

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

a switch or hub. can get gigabit dirt cheap now.

[Joelbanks5]

9 minutes ago, mcaldwell said:

you can use a Small switch like this
https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-5-Port-Ethernet-Desktop-TL-SF1005D/dp/B000FNFSPY/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1480818453&sr=1-2&keywords=ethernet+splitter

 

1 minute ago, SCHISCHKA said:

a switch or hub. can get gigabit dirt cheap now.

Can you refer me to one on bestbuy? And are they all the same other than them having more or less ports?

 

the reason I ask for bestbuy is because I have credits there.

9 minutes ago, meenmeen1103 said:

You need a router. Doesn't have to be wireless for your use but has to be a router.

Have one already, the other end of that is connected to the router upstairs.

[Brekmister]

20 minutes ago, Joelbanks5 said:

 

Can you refer me to one on bestbuy? And are they all the same other than them having more or less ports?

http://www.microcenter.com/product/468301/SG105_5-Port_Gigabit_Desktop_Switch

 

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/linksys-5-port-gigabit-ethernet-switch-black-blue/4833500.p?skuId=4833500

 

You are welcome. Although I added a Microcenter one in case if you have a Microcenter nearby like me

 

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

45 minutes ago, Joelbanks5 said:

Can you refer me to one on bestbuy? And are they all the same other than them having more or less ports?

The cheapest will work for two computers just make sure its gigabit speed. this one looks good:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/tp-link-8-port-10-100-1000-mbps-gigabit-ethernet-metal-switch-gray/2080085.p?skuId=2080085

[BMWodarski]

Also if you want to clean it up a bit and not just have a hole in the wall you could get a faceplate like this.  https://www.amazon.com/RiteAV-Port-Female-Female-Plate-White/dp/B00ESQ457G/ref=pd_lpo_23_bs_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=HKZZV7F1WW2FNNFMNMBF

plug the cord in the slot on this and mount the faceplate to the wall.  Easy peasy and pretty cheap two step to make it look cleaner.  Just make sure whatever faceplate you get make sure it's a female to female one so you don't have to worry about using a punch down.

[Joelbanks5]

2 hours ago, BMWodarski said:

Also if you want to clean it up a bit and not just have a hole in the wall you could get a faceplate like this.  https://www.amazon.com/RiteAV-Port-Female-Female-Plate-White/dp/B00ESQ457G/ref=pd_lpo_23_bs_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=HKZZV7F1WW2FNNFMNMBF

plug the cord in the slot on this and mount the faceplate to the wall.  Easy peasy and pretty cheap two step to make it look cleaner.  Just make sure whatever faceplate you get make sure it's a female to female one so you don't have to worry about using a punch down.

The problem I have with that is that I can't fit the whole Ethernet cable into the box thing. I would if I could though lol.

 

3 hours ago, Brekmister said:

http://www.microcenter.com/product/468301/SG105_5-Port_Gigabit_Desktop_Switch

 

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/linksys-5-port-gigabit-ethernet-switch-black-blue/4833500.p?skuId=4833500

 

You are welcome. Although I added a Microcenter one in case if you have a Microcenter nearby like me

 

 

2 hours ago, SCHISCHKA said:

The cheapest will work for two computers just make sure its gigabit speed. this one looks good:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/tp-link-8-port-10-100-1000-mbps-gigabit-ethernet-metal-switch-gray/2080085.p?skuId=2080085

So is there any difference between different switches or does it matter? Like is the only thing that matters how many ports it has or are there other specifications that would set one apart from others by being actually better?

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

15 minutes ago, Joelbanks5 said:

So is there any difference between different switches or does it matter? Like is the only thing that matters how many ports it has or are there other specifications that would set one apart from others by being actually better?

it won't matter for two computers. you only need three ports and gigabit speed. Theres other fancy stuff that costs a lot of money but you just need a cheap basic unmanaged hub for a home. If you look at the products on sale the number of ports at the cheaper end range from 5 to 8 ports.

[Joelbanks5]

17 minutes ago, SCHISCHKA said:

it won't matter for two computers. you only need three ports and gigabit speed. Theres other fancy stuff that costs a lot of money but you just need a cheap basic unmanaged hub for a home. If you look at the products on sale the number of ports at the cheaper end range from 5 to 8 ports.

What's the fancy stuff? 

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

1 minute ago, Joelbanks5 said:

What's the fancy stuff? 

stuff you do not need for two computers at home. Change the search filter to put the most expensive models at the top and have a look at their features. there is far too much to cover here.

[Joelbanks5]

3 minutes ago, SCHISCHKA said:

stuff you do not need for two computers at home. Change the search filter to put the most expensive models at the top and have a look at their features. there is far too much to cover here.

Ah ok, if t doesn't explain it should a simple google search work or are there some wacky ones that aren't like that?

[XenosTech]

Don't get a hub get a cheap switch or router. I'm using a 5+ year old router in my room to get internet to any additional devices.

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

1 minute ago, Joelbanks5 said:

Ah ok, if t doesn't explain it should a simple google search work or are there some wacky ones that aren't like that?

they have features relating to connecting a lot of computers. you only have two so you don't need anything special. if you want to learn more google "managed network switch"

Here is an entertaining one from cisco that looks like it was written for blond sales reps http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/switches/networking_solutions_products_genericcontent0900aecd806c7afe.pdf

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

4 minutes ago, XenosTech said:

Don't get a hub get a cheap switch or router. I'm using a 5+ year old router in my room to get internet to any additional devices.

he has one cable to two computers. a switch or router will not provide anything that a hub cannot from that one cable. a router is excess and introduces another device with exploitable firmware. He does not need to spend more than $20

[XenosTech]

Just now, SCHISCHKA said:

he has one cable to two computers. a switch or router will not provide anything that a hub cannot from that one cable. a router is excess and introduces another device with exploitable firmware. He does not need to spend more than $20

A hub will share the bandwith across all the ports so he won't get the full speed if he has both computers using the internet at the same time... That's why no one really uses them anymore.

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

2 minutes ago, XenosTech said:

A hub will share the bandwith across all the ports so he won't get the full speed if he has both computers using the internet at the same time... That's why no one really uses them anymore.

he has one cable! they are going to share the bandwidth of one port anyway

[XenosTech]

6 minutes ago, SCHISCHKA said:

he has one cable! they are going to share the bandwidth of one port anyway

No, if he gets a switch each port has 1 gigabit whereas with a hub he gets a fraction of that depending on how many ports the hub has. Hubs are obsolete for a reason.

[brwainer]

just to settle the argument of wether the OP should get a hub or not, the IEEE standard for gigabit ethernet expressly forbids hubs. Noone should be using hubs at gigabit speeds, and the standard doesn't allow it. And every search for "gigabit hub" that I do on shiopping websites only brings back results for gigabit switches.

[XenosTech]

8 minutes ago, brwainer said:

just to settle the argument of wether the OP should get a hub or not, the IEEE standard for gigabit ethernet expressly forbids hubs. Noone should be using hubs at gigabit speeds, and the standard doesn't allow it. And every search for "gigabit hub" that I do on shiopping websites only brings back results for gigabit switches.

Sometimes I wonder why people just don't google stuff before they spread misinformation.

[brwainer]

3 minutes ago, XenosTech said:

Sometimes I wonder why people just don't google stuff before they spread misinformation.

there was a time for a few years that the marketing departments of nearly every network hardware company was calling everything that wasn't a router a hub, despite most of the products being switches internally. It was the security community who got this to stop, because the security community was looking for true hubs because it's a convenient way to be able to monitor network traffic for anything malicious. They kept complaining to the companies that the devices being sold as hubs weren't actually hubs, and eventually the companies wised up and started selling their devices as switches. But the marketing people weren't the only ones who called everything a hub. And also for the longest time, a 5 port hub was half the price of a 5 port switch. But nowadays the cheapest gigabit unmanaged switches are about the same cost as a 100Mb switch or hub, because the manufacturing cost is the same (same amount of components) because nowadays the low end switch chips have everything integrated on a single microcontroller. An unmanaged switch is little more than a switch chip and some basic line filtering components.

[XenosTech]

2 minutes ago, brwainer said:

there was a time for a few years that the marketing departments of nearly every network hardware company was calling everything that wasn't a router a hub, despite most of the products being switches internally. It was the security community who got this to stop, because the security community was looking for true hubs because it's a convenient way to be able to monitor network traffic for anything malicious. They kept complaining to the companies that the devices being sold as hubs weren't actually hubs, and eventually the companies wised up and started selling their devices as switches. But the marketing people weren't the only ones who called everything a hub. And also for the longest time, a 5 port hub was half the price of a 5 port switch. But nowadays the cheapest gigabit unmanaged switches are about the same cost as a 100Mb switch or hub, because the manufacturing cost is the same (same amount of components) because nowadays the low end switch chips have everything integrated on a single microcontroller. An unmanaged switch is little more than a switch chip and some basic line filtering components.

Basically but I haven't seen a hub since I was 8 years old and I was always told that hubs are obsolete compared to it switches and routers... So I was hella confused that someone is recommending that someone but a hub when a hub portions all the bandwidth between the ports it support thus making gigabit internet useless and a switch or router gives you full gigabit at each port which means each pc connected should get as much bandwidth as it needs

[brwainer]

2 minutes ago, XenosTech said:

Basically but I haven't seen a hub since I was 8 years old and I was always told that hubs are obsolete compared to it switches and routers... So I was hella confused that someone is recommending that someone but a hub when a hub portions all the bandwidth between the ports it support thus making gigabit internet useless and a switch or router gives you full gigabit at each port which means each pc connected should get as much bandwidth as it needs

a hub sends every incoming signal out every port except the one it came in on. So if you have a 5 port hub with all 5 ports connected, and all the devices were sending traffic at full rate, you would max out at about 250Mb/s - assuming the hub is even capable of going that fast. divide the numbers by 10 or 100 for a 10 or 100 hub.

[XenosTech]

2 minutes ago, brwainer said:

a hub sends every incoming signal out every port except the one it came in on. So if you have a 5 port hub with all 5 ports connected, and all the devices were sending traffic at full rate, you would max out at about 250Mb/s - assuming the hub is even capable of going that fast. divide the numbers by 10 or 100 for a 10 or 100 hub.

Yup hubs don't really have a place in today's networks, switches do exactly what hubs do but faster and doesn't slice up the bandwidth because all the devices are transmitting at the same time.