Yuck, don't to that, it's an ugly hack. Especially if it's not your home
network.
Just go buy a switch. I got a netgear 5 port gig on sale for $20.
Jan Mason wrote:
> I am setting up a new fast Ethernet network that has one 100 foot
> cable in it. I went with Cat 6 cables, Cat 6 plugs, and Cat 6 jacks.
> I want to connect two jacks at either end of the 100 foot cable. Two
> pairs to each jack. The jacks are going into surface mount boxes.
>
> Will there be a performance hit running two data circuits through one
> cable? If there is a hit, do you think that I will still have full
> performance for a fast Ethernet network?
>
> Thanks for your support.
>
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