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I live in an apartment which provides Internet service included in the rent. They use a company called Pavlov for the Internet http://pavlovmedia.net/
wireless seems to be working fine but wired connection is at least %30 faster.
Ethernet, Cat5 outlet is built in the wall, and there is only 1 outlet in each room.
I would like to take this 1 outlet coming out the wall and multiply it into 4 wires, for desktop, Playstation, TV and laptop, without losing any Internet bandwidth.
I have absolutely no idea whether this line is coming from a switch or a router but I have been researching Ethernet splitter, routers, switches, hubs and haven't found a solid answer.
Is there a way I can do this?
This picture cleared up few things:
It seems that an Ethernet switch is to Ethernet as a USB hub is to USB, but with packet inspection. What is a 10/100Mbps Network Switch, actually, and what is the cap?
@Gee - no, Gigabit Ethernet requires 4 pairs and has done so for 20 years. So using a splitter will always downgrade both lines to 100 Mbps. – user1686 – 2019-12-16T04:52:42.807
You just need to plug a switch into the wall socket, and plug everything else into the switch (netgear do a 5 port switch). Assuming they haven't locked it down to an IP per outlet somehow, this is normal practice. – Paul – 2012-12-05T04:48:25.770
thank you Paul. i believe you are talking about http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=383560&csid=_61
– Burteçin 'Turk' Sapta – 2012-12-05T04:50:44.057