Re: Doubling 100MBit ethernet by splitting the cable

[J F <j1234f@excite.com>]

I've seen Gigabit over Cat5 (up to 100meters) pci cards for $29 each.
Don't know about linux drivers though.
You might not need a hub if there are only 2 computers
to connect.
There is an auto-crossover feature in Gigabit over
Cat5.


Running 2 100Mb cards in parallel may not share the load.
All might run through 1 card.



Grzegorz B. Prokopski wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Long time ago I've read that 100mbit ethernet uses only 2 pairs
> which leaves half of wires unused and thus when there's such a
> need - these can be used to create second 100mbit connection
> on the same cable (and connect second computer w/o the need of
> another cable).
>
> I've googled quite much and I am sure that's possible (with all
> doubts that it's non-standard solution etc.) [0]. But I still
> can't find good description (with images/asciiart preferred) of
> how to do this exactly?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> 				Grzegorz B. Prokopski
>
> [0]
> http://forums.techguy.org/t133216/sc7c5abf03994a4483ec003f0eb742de3.html
>
> PS: Getting an another cable is out of question here.
> PSS: Please Cc: me on replies if you may. I am not on d-u.
> Thanks!