Most Cat 5 I have seen is 4 pair, if yours is then you can just reterminate the cable with two plugs at each end. Just make sure you keep the pairs together. -----Original Message----- From: Brian [mailto:lxy at cloudnet.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 2:29 PM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: [TCLUG] Cat 5 Y-adapters? I realize this is a bad idea, but in my application I think it will be Good Enough(tm). In my fiancee's apartment I have a Cat5 cable running from the living room to the geek lounge. The cable modem is in the living room because there's no cable TV connectors in any other room. I now want to put a WebTV type component into the entertainment center but it needs to be inside the firewall. Is there such thing as a Y adapter that I could split 1 Cat5 run into 2 ethernet lines? Yes, I realize it would break the standard but seeing as how one line is connecting to my cable modem (2 Mb/sec max) and the other will be 10 Mb/s, it should work. Does anybody sell these or is this just a dumb idea and I should have no business trying? -Brian _______________________________________________ tclug-list mailing list tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list