Sharing a CAT 5 socket

[brocher]

Is there a way to share a Cat 5 ethernet socket at work. The main hub box in my office has gone bust and has been replaced with asingle connection. Is there a splitter i can use, i have seen port doublers on the net but unsure if i require 2 and how it actually works.

 

[kcnychief]

Based on your environment you probably can use a hub or a switch to turn one port into a multi-honed connection area.

 

[brocher]

Is there an easier way that buying a hub as this is not my system. Would a port doubler work ok,
http://www.amazon.co.uk/UTP-Port-Do...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1243406395&sr=8-1

Was looking at this but not sure if it will work. Do i need two of the these or will one work.

 

[kcnychief]

Seems like it would work - based on the product description you would need two. One for the wall and one for the patch panel.

 

[LordOfLA]

you'd only need one port doubler. I'd recommend replacing the switch as soon as realistically possible though.

 

[kcnychief]

from the description:

Port Doublers must be used in pairs by connecting one to the patch panel and the other to the wall outlet.

 

[LordOfLA]

looking at the wiring diagram I'd say not - you only need 2 pairs for 10/100 ethernet. You'd never get 1000mbit out of a doubled port since gigabit needs all 8.

Mainframeguy and myself have used a single double in the past successfully as well.

 

[Mastershakes]

Call your Helpdesk and open a medium ticket. It's an infrastructure job to deal with that ****e.