2 Devices 1 Network Cable

[MoDe]

Sorry to disappoint you, no pooing in cups here.

I have recently moved my PS4 on to my desk, where I currently have a long network cable going around the room to reach my desk which plugs into my PC.

Rather than trail a second cable around the room for the PS4, would a splitter work? Ethernet cable is about 10m, feed that into a splitter and then have two shorter Ethernet cables coming form that one going to the PC and one the PS4?

I tend to only have one device on at a time, so guessing I would still get decent speeds and it wouldn't be split.

 

[bluebeatle]

Buy a cheap switch

 

[Stelly]

Buy a cheap switch

This...

Stelly

 

[andicole0]

Get a network switch, they direct traffic to specific targets rather than sending every network packet to every device.
Beware of really cheap switches as they tend not to support Gigabit speed.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/d-link-dgs-1005d-5-port-10-100-1000-gigabit-unmanaged-desktop-switch-dgs-1005d-nw-073-dl.html
Andi.

Doh too slow

PS and next time you lay cables, put in two, one may break/fail.

 

[meandu229]

Yes you can use a splitter (at each end) if you want to make/buy one. Ethernet has 4 pairs and Base 100 only uses 2 pairs so you could have 2 sets of 100mbps connections from 1 cable.
Or just buy a switch but that would require another box + power etc to hide away somewhere.

 

[bledd]

Yes you can use a splitter (at each end) if you want to make/buy one. Ethernet has 4 pairs and Base 100 only uses 2 pairs so you could have 2 sets of 100mbps connections from 1 cable.
Or just buy a switch but that would require another box + power etc to hide away somewhere.

Although this is possible, it's not worth talking about.^

Buy a 5 port switch and 2x cat5e network cables.

 

[Orcvader]

As above, I found the splitter a tad too unreliable, a switch is more worth it in both speed and reliability.

 

[ci_newman]

Or, if you are feeling brave you can manually crimp some new RJ45 ends on to either end of the cable. They will be limited to 100M each, but definitely reliable and cheap.

Although as above, a switch is the better solution