Splitting Ethernet

[SimplyChi]

I have one Ethernet port in my room from a powerline extender. I need to split the Ethernet so I can connect my Xbox One and my PC. Would the best way to do this be with a network switch? If so, any (cheap-ish) reccmmendations; if not, what would be the best solution?

 

 

PS: I'm in the Uk

[Tristerin]

7 minutes ago, SimplyChi said:

I have one Ethernet port in my room from a powerline extender. I need to split the Ethernet so I can connect my Xbox One and my PC. Would the best way to do this be with a network switch? If so, any (cheap-ish) reccmmendations; if not, what would be the best solution?

 

 

PS: I'm in the Uk

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833156259

 

Anything like this will work.  Not sure if you NEED 10/100/1000 Gigabit but I would not invest in a 10/100 Fast Ethernet switch - that's old tech in my book.  If you ever need to use the switch as a file transfer you will be glad to have spent the extra 5-10$

 

EDIT - they are just plug in play.  Plug in a cable from wall to any of the ports (I use port 1) and then plug in the other two devices in any of the remaining ports (I use them in order cause OCD) - bam, split internet

 

EDIT 2 - for your needs I would not spend over $20 USD on this.  I use this in my bedroom to split two gaming PCs that game at the same time:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAA7W7D82229&cm_re=TP_Link_switch-_-9SIAA7W7D82229-_-Product

 

On sale I paid...$12 USD?

[SimplyChi]

1 minute ago, Tristerin said:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833156259

 

Anything like this will work.  Not sure if you NEED 10/100/1000 Gigabit but I would not invest in a 10/100 Fast Ethernet switch - that's old tech in my book.  If you ever need to use the switch as a file transfer you will be glad to have spent the extra 5-10$

 

EDIT - they are just plug in play.  Plug in a cable from wall to any of the ports (I use port 1) and then plug in the other two devices in any of the remaining ports (I use them in order cause OCD) - bam, split internet

Thanks a lot. I don't get great speeds sadly due to living in suburban England but I will invest in one like that for futureproofing

[Guest]

Wouldn't a 3x RJ45 splitter do the same thing? A switch is too much imo...

[mariushm]

27 minutes ago, Lukyp said:

Wouldn't a 3x RJ45 splitter do the same thing? A switch is too much imo...

 

No, it wouldn't work. He would still need two ethernet ports at the powerline adapter. Those things should not be used unless you're really, really poor and you're sure you're not going to need more ports. Also, those will limits the speed to maximum 100mbps

 

The reason why those things work to save money on ethernet cable is because there are 8 wires in the ethernet cable and all are required to connect at 1 gbps speeds, but only four wires are required to connect at 100mbps speeds.

So each of those adapters simply connects 4 out of the 8  wires into each connector, making your ethernet cable  transfer two separate 100 ethernet signals.

The powerline adapter isn't smart enough to detect that you're doing this, so such adapter things would not work with the adapter. How they can be used is like this :

 

 

these are sometimes used in some buildings to save ethernet cable, for example to connect a printer and a voip phone (two devices that can work just fine at 100mbps) using a single cable between the IT room and the room with these two devices.

 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, mariushm said:

No, it wouldn't work. He would still need two ethernet ports at the powerline adapter. Those things should not be used unless you're really, really poor and you're sure you're not going to need more ports. Also, those will limits the speed to maximum 100mbps

 

The reason why those things work to save money on ethernet cable is because there are 8 wires in the ethernet cable and all are required to connect at 1 gbps speeds, but only four wires are required to connect at 100mbps speeds.

So each of those adapters simply connects 4 out of the 8  wires into each connector, making your ethernet cable  transfer two separate 100 ethernet signals.

The powerline adapter isn't smart enough to detect that you're doing this, so such adapter things would not work with the adapter. How they can be used is like this :

 

 

these are sometimes used in some buildings to save ethernet cable, for example to connect a printer and a voip phone (two devices that can work just fine at 100mbps) using a single cable between the IT room and the room with these two devices.

 

Oh, I was just guessing but thanks for pointing that anyway, I was interested in buying one just because having to plug another socket on my desk is annoying (because I will probably have a similar setup as OP in the future) and I just though that wouldn't break anything in Ethernet since data would go on the same direction on two clients like those (even if both would receive data from the other end of the link like an hub) 

EDIT: I'm wrong, it's a parallel link so when some client will transmit data that would go even on the other transmit end and that is not supposed to work lol will likely break the NIC, I really need to get another net certificate.

Edited November 2, 2018 by Guest

[Nonpossible]

Just get a cheap switch. Each port on the switch will get its own speed and you won't have to worry about collision or addressing conflicts.