Simple Help!

Oblivion · 08-23-2006, 02:53 PM

ok this is a stupid question but i really cant find the answer... i was wondering if there is such thing as an ethernet cord splitter... just a simple thing that makes one ethernet plug turn into 2 thats it no extra things but i have a direct connection out of the wall for ethernet and i have a modem plugged in but in order to get the TV to work i need another ethernet cable so i was just wondering if that is a real thing or if im screwed

Motoxrdude · 08-23-2006, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Oblivion

ok this is a stupid question but i really cant find the answer... i was wondering if there is such thing as an ethernet cord splitter... just a simple thing that makes one ethernet plug turn into 2 thats it no extra things but i have a direct connection out of the wall for ethernet and i have a modem plugged in but in order to get the TV to work i need another ethernet cable so i was just wondering if that is a real thing or if im screwed

Not that i have seen, but you can just get a regular router for 10$.

Oblivion · 08-23-2006, 03:20 PM

its not the router thats a problem its the fact of i dont have enough ethernet ports coming out of the wall to connect both

Oblivion · 08-23-2006, 03:22 PM

oooo could i plug the cable into the back or the wireless router i aready have hooked up???

**dragon2309** · 08-23-2006, 03:31 PM

yes, you could do that, if the TV is ok with beign wireless, im not sure if it would work like that, try it, i think what motoxrdude was saying is that you can buy say a 4-port router, plug your one cable into and and hey presto, you have 4 ethernet ports out of the router.

And you may be confused modems and routers are not the same thing.

dragon

**DCIScouts** · 08-23-2006, 08:58 PM

Yeah, the wireless router you have now should work just fine...

08-23-2006, 02:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
Oblivion Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Pleasanton, CA Posts: 124	Simple Help! ok this is a stupid question but i really cant find the answer... i was wondering if there is such thing as an ethernet cord splitter... just a simple thing that makes one ethernet plug turn into 2 thats it no extra things but i have a direct connection out of the wall for ethernet and i have a modem plugged in but in order to get the TV to work i need another ethernet cable so i was just wondering if that is a real thing or if im screwed __________________ Case: Lian Li 65B Hard Drive: Western Digital Raptor Processor: AMD Athlon 3800+ Motherboard: DFI Lanparty Video Card: eVGA Nvidia 7800 GT Screen: 19" RAM: 2 GB Mouse: Logitech MX518 Keyboard: Logitech G15 PSU: Asys 650W

08-23-2006, 03:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
Oblivion Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Pleasanton, CA Posts: 124	its not the router thats a problem its the fact of i dont have enough ethernet ports coming out of the wall to connect both __________________ Case: Lian Li 65B Hard Drive: Western Digital Raptor Processor: AMD Athlon 3800+ Motherboard: DFI Lanparty Video Card: eVGA Nvidia 7800 GT Screen: 19" RAM: 2 GB Mouse: Logitech MX518 Keyboard: Logitech G15 PSU: Asys 650W

08-23-2006, 03:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
Oblivion Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Pleasanton, CA Posts: 124	oooo could i plug the cable into the back or the wireless router i aready have hooked up??? __________________ Case: Lian Li 65B Hard Drive: Western Digital Raptor Processor: AMD Athlon 3800+ Motherboard: DFI Lanparty Video Card: eVGA Nvidia 7800 GT Screen: 19" RAM: 2 GB Mouse: Logitech MX518 Keyboard: Logitech G15 PSU: Asys 650W

08-23-2006, 03:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 20 Posts: 8,429	yes, you could do that, if the TV is ok with beign wireless, im not sure if it would work like that, try it, i think what motoxrdude was saying is that you can buy say a 4-port router, plug your one cable into and and hey presto, you have 4 ethernet ports out of the router. And you may be confused modems and routers are not the same thing. dragon __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek Last edited by dragon2309; 08-23-2006 at 10:24 PM.

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