Does something like the red thing exists ? (alien.top)

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Does something like a 1 to 2 Ethernet cable sort of device exists ? Searched earlier on Amazon but it's never clear what their product is used for

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[-] MatteBlack29@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

A few manufacturers do make what you asked for: https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/943638/StarTechcom-2-to-1-RJ45-Splitter/#Description

But you really don't want to do this. As most said, a switch is what you really want.

I worked in a place that used a ton of these ~16 years ago. We had limitations on "dumb" switches due to 802.1x wired port authentication and these made sense because we only had 100Mb switches anyway.

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