Thanks very much for your time. You basically answered my question that
it's not worth the hassle of splitting a line. I was just curious is all.
I don't plan on doing this.

Much appreciated.
Hibes



>>If you had read his first posting you would have seen that he wants to
>>remove the single connector on one end of the cable and split the wiring
>>so
>>he would have two connectors to run to two systems.
>>
>>I would guess that doing this could possibly screw up the impedence match
>>of
>>the cabling, especially if the two systems happened to be on at the same
>>time, and probably destroy his incoming wiring and/or signal.
>
> Actually he said "split one ethernet cable to 2 connectors", and I was
> trying to
> convince him to use a router and do it the easy way. I don't know about
> the
> impedance issue, but untwisting the paired wires in an Ethernet cable is
> not
> something I'd recommend. And what would he have on the other end?
>
> This idea of making one 4 pair cable serve as a pair of 2 pair cables,
> simply
> because you have only 1 cable in place, and 2 computers, comes up
> periodically.
> It's a lot easier to use a hub or router than to worry about it.
>
> Terminating a 4 pair cable with an 8 pin plug is hard enough; splitting it
> into
> a pair of 4 pin plugs (8 pin plugs with 4 used), and getting the
> sequencing and
> placement right, without untwisting one pair too much, would be an
> exercise in
> futility. Do it the easy way and buy a hub or router.
>