Product Description

This 2-port passive splitter is a handy item when you need another network connection but don't have the time or the money to add another cable drop. Simply plug one device to your work area network port and another unit to the corresponding patch panel port. Now you can run two network devices over the same network cable. This item must be used in pairs for each installation, one on each end of the cable.

Product Details

• Color: Gray
• Brand: Cables To Go
• Model: 2-Port Splitter/Combiner
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.00" h x 2.25" w x 4.75" l, .12 pounds

Features

• Adapters & Couplers
• RJ45 Modular Adapters, Couplers, Screws
• 2-Port RJ45 Splitter/Combiner
• Permits connection of 2-network devices over a single cable drop
• Lifetime Warranty

Customer Reviews

Works perfectly
I'm thinking the people rating this poorly don't understand how to use it. It WON'T split a single Ethernet CONNECTION into two. It WILL enable a single Ethernet CABLE (which has 8 wires) to carry two connections (which require 4 wires each). This is helpful in places where you have a single cable running from your router (typically in a wiring closet) to two devices, and can't easily run a second cable -- i.e., where one cable is already installed in the walls.

Here's how you use it: Run Ethernet cables from 2 ports of your router into the female jacks of the first splitter. Plug the male end of that splitter into the jack in your wiring closet that runs to the part of your house you want. Plug the male end of the second splitter into the Ethernet jack at the other end of that cable run (i.e., in the room where the devices are located). Run Ethernet cables from the female jacks of the second splitter to the devices.

If you want to use a single Ethernet connection for two devices, these splitters won't work; you need a router that shares the connection among the devices.

Do you know how this works?
I dont own this item, but I'm thinking of buying some, then I saw the bad reviews..

From reading the reviews, it seems, at least from the first one, that the person didn't know how to use the item.. This is NOT a 3 port switch. You can NOT plug the male plug into a switch and have it run two PCs... It is splitting the 4 pairs (8 wires) into TWO separate two-pair outlets.

Ethernet only uses pins 1, 2, 3, and 6, leaving 4, 5, 7, and 8 unused. This device connects pins 1, 2, 3, and 6 on the male to 1, 2, 3, and 6 on one of the femals jacks, and pins 4, 5,7, and 8 of the male go to pins 1, 2, 3, and 6 of the OTHER female, giving you two separate paths of pins 1, 2, 3 and 6.

The idea is that if you need two PCs where you only have one jack in the wall, you plug one of these into the jack, and another one into the patch panel, and it allows you to hook two PCs to two separate switch ports. You will STILL need 2 separate switch ports to connect your two PCs, and you will ALWAYS need these splitters in pairs because you'll need to have one on each end of your 4-pair house cable.

Now.. Does this make sense? And, given this description, are any of the negative reviews still valid? I dont want to buy a piece of junk, but as this is not even an active device, but rather just like a wiring adapter, I can't imagine that it could fail, short of it being a physically poorly constructed device...

how to use the item
First off, I didn't buy these from this vendor but have used this product and brand in the past. I just wanted to help if there are any questions about how these work. You have to use these in pairs. The scenario where you would use these is if you have one network port in your office and want two. You would plug a splitter in the wall jack and and then the other splitter into the patch panel port. If you are just using a cable instead of wall plates and patch panels you will also need to Cat5 couplers. Then run two patch cables from the splitter in the office to two computers. At the other end run two patch cables from the splitter into your switch.