Only 2-port networking switch

[Brace]

Hi, I'm looking on amazon and all I can find is two port splitters that only work one port at a time. Any help finding what I'm looking for would be appreciated and any questions are welcomed. Thanks in advance  

[Jade]

Why not just get a normal switch...? Just one of the standard 4 or 5 port gigabit switches.

[Brace]

I mean if I can save 5-10 dollars I wouldn't be mad but if I have to do that I'm fine with one of those.

[Guest]

17 minutes ago, Brace said:

I mean if I can save 5-10 dollars I wouldn't be mad but if I have to do that I'm fine with one of those.

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otherwise they won't see. 

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

I dont understand what you are asking for. You want a switch with more than 2 ports? gigabit 5-port devices are dirt cheap

[Brace]

Just now, SCHISCHKA said:

I dont understand what you are asking for. You want a switch with more than 2 ports? gigabit 5-port devices are dirt cheap

preferably only 2 ports

 

[Brace]

21 minutes ago, Jade said:

Why not just get a normal switch...? Just one of the standard 4 or 5 port gigabit switches.

I mean if I can save 5-10 dollars I wouldn't be mad but if I have to do that I'm fine with one of those.

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

3 minutes ago, Brace said:

preferably only 2 ports

 

they do exist but they are not cheaper. Ive seen them made for outdoor solutions

[Brace]

Just now, SCHISCHKA said:

they do exist but they are not cheaper. Ive seen them made for outdoor solutions

Alright, I'll just have to go with a 5 port one thanks for the help.

[Linksys120n]

so you need a signal booster? try looking for that as your search word...

[brwainer]

A device with literal two ports is called a coupler. To be a switch it would have to have at least 3 ports, otherwise there is no point putting in the hardware for switching packets.

 

4 ports was common for hubs but is less common for switches. 5 ports is the smallest common switch size.

[dlink377]

there are nothing to be switched if only two ports...

 

i think you need some kind of repeater? or just connecting two LAN cables? or connecting two PC?

 

For repeater just buy a normal switch.

Connecting lan cable just buy rj45 coupler

connecting two pc just connect it.

[mariushm]

There are devices which take advantage of the fact that you only need 4 out of the 8 wires in an ethernet cable to have a working 100 mbps connection.

So such device has one input jack and splits the 8 wires from the cable to two separate ethernet jacks, each with 4 wires connected inside.

 

So basically, you're supposed to plug one part of the device in two ports of a switch or router, the two ports on the switch are automatically configured to 100 mbps because the switch/router detects only 4 wires in the jacks, and then the device combines the two jacks into a single ethernet cable. Then, on the other end of the ethernet cable, you use the other part of this device which takes in the cable and creates two 100 mbps jacks and you can plug a computer and a phone, for example.. both running at 100 mbps.

 

There's no network switch or hub that would have one input jack and only two network jacks as outputs, it makes no sense financially. The cheapest integrated chips with everything but the kitchen sink built in are designed to have one "input" and four "outputs" (a 5 port switch/router) and slightly more expensive devices have one input and 7 outputs (a total of 8 ethernet ports)

 

With network switches, there's no special "input" only ports or "outputs", the switch simply takes data from one port and passes it to one of the other ports on the switch without caring what is behind each port.

 

 

[tt2468]

21 hours ago, Brace said:

preferably only 2 ports

 

It's called an ethernet cable?