Two port "mini" switich/hub

xrapidx said:
Further thought on this. Switching them around won't make a difference...
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Did you try it?

Of course it can make a difference. It aligns the split pairs so they are “in line” if they weren’t before. It also reduces said split by one.

Likely though your switch is trying to negotiate a higher speed now than it can actually handle.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Did you try it?

Of course it can make a difference. It aligns the split pairs so they are “in line” if they weren’t before.

Likely though your switch is trying to negotiate a higher speed now than it can actually handle.
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Can't - not home.

It can't make a difference because the two cables on the router side are independent. They have nothing to do with the device side cables. The adapter's control the routing of the pairs, there's nothing to align with the cables because they Dont know about each other on either end.
 
xrapidx said:
Can't - not home.

It can't make a difference because the two cables on the router side are independent. They have nothing to do with the device side cables. The adapter's control the routing of the pairs, there's nothing to align with the cables because they Dont know about each other on either end.
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Well we never used these splitters and always just did it by hand.

But changes are your auto-negotiation doesn’t like the line quality now and dropping it to 100 or even 10 mbit would fix it.

Problem is your consumer router or switch probably doesn’t have that option.

I still say flip them around. At worst you lost nothing, at best you improve line quality if only by fluke if pulling it out and putting it back again.

Sadly all RJ45 connectors are not made equal.
 
I'm wondering if its the cabling standard, I've done everything in 568B... Oh well, will only really know when I get home.

The 100Mb link light lights up on both cables - obviously the 1Gb one off.
 
Been chatting to HDCabling - who've been helpful as always.

I think one or both of the adapters is faulty. If I plug one cable in at a time, it works, as soon as the second cable ,which hasn't been connected to a device yet, the connection drops.

I've tried this on two different switch's, on either side of the adapters - and with different devices - as soon as a second cable plugs in - the connection drops.
 
So - a bit more testing, and HDCabling have confirmed they got a bad batch of these :( More than willing to refund me though, including courier costs.

Has always been a pleasure dealing with them.
 
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