Passive TX100 hub?

Feb 08, 2006 3 Replies
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Guys,



I have a setup where it's perfect, except I am short of 1 (one) TX100 port. I don't want to put in another switch/hub and for sure there will be no further expansion to this (specialized) LAN.



I remember the ole COAX ethernet, everybody was on the same wire, there was no need for a powered hub.



Can I just tie my TX100 wires together and create this one extra port?



I don't care about the extra collision, and the reduced bandwidth, and my two CAT5s are less than 3 feet.



Does this work? Will I fry this thang?


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bobb wrote in part:

What about ports that go dead?

No. Impedences will be wrong. The fork in the line will change transmission characteristics.

You can put a second card in one of the machines, and have it fwd to the network.

-- Robert

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What's the problem, 5-port 10/00 switches are as low as $12.

No. Someone used to make what looked like a passive 3-port RJ-45 device, but I haven't seen them in a while. Looks like Radio Shack used to sell a 10BaseT passive hub (278-785), but all I can find on Google are people complaining that it doesn't work...

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OMFG!

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Run and hide! 8*|

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