Cabling Question

[psychofox]

Hi guys,

Bit of a cabling question here.

My brother has a RJ45 cable (tidly around the skirting boards) going into his room for his PC and 360. The modem and router (Virgin media's new one if this matters) are in a separate room. His 360 was wi-fi'd until I 'borrowed' the adaptor :devil: Is it possible to run both the PC and 360 from the same cable going into his room, or will we need to run another RJ45 in? Is there a splitter available? He is swapping over the cables at present, but wants a permanent solution (and I don't want to give back the wi-fi adapter).

Any ideas?

 

[jenks69]

If you've got the cable spare and capacity on the vigen router run another it'll be the cheapest option.

Getting a small hub would do the trick, plug existing cable into hub (uplink port - most autsense) then plug PC and 360 into the hub.

 

[psychofox]

If you've got the cable spare and capacity on the vigen router run another it'll be the cheapest option.

Getting a small hub would do the trick, plug existing cable into hub (uplink port - most autsense) then plug PC and 360 into the hub.

Thanks, any recomendations on the hub?

 

[jenks69]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132456

£5.99 + delivery should do the job nicely

 

[psychofox]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132456

£5.99 + delivery should do the job nicely

Sweet!
Nice one, ive sent it on to my brother, see if he will go for the idea.
(I dont see why not)

 

[colin79666]

For future:
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/91593...-Port-10-100Mbps-Ethernet-Switch/Product.html

7.99 but with free delivery - i've got it, neat and fast

 

[psychofox]

Im now thinking of getting one for myself!
They dont need cross over cables do they?

 

[jenks69]

Im now thinking of getting one for myself!
They dont need cross over cables do they?

Check the specs I'd have imagined they'd auto link

 

[colin79666]

Im now thinking of getting one for myself!
They dont need cross over cables do they?

The edimax doesn't.