Is there a cheap switch I can put in the middle of an existing run of Cat5 cable that will force it to 10BaseT Half Duplex, and repeat the signal?
I've got a 300-foot (plus or minus) cat5 link running between a wifi router and a client computer, with a junction at the halfway point (two cat5 wall jacks with a jumper cable between them). It'll link up at 100BaseT, but won't pass data.
I've got the link running by forcing the client computer to 10BaseT HD, but I'd like to repeat the signal at the halfway point...
[I know it would be "best" to replace the wiring with (say) a fiber link, but the wires are already in place, and no-one's going to pay to replace them...]