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Will a splitter work at the end of this cable?

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Will a splitter work at the end of this cable?

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Home Networking@selfhosted.forumEnglish · 10 months ago

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I have run a 15m (50ft) Cat6 cable from my modem on the main floor to the basement entertainment unit. At that unit I have a PS4, TV and Fire Stick. I want to connect both the TV and the PS4 to ethernet for now (Fire stick later if I buy the adapter). Do I just need a splitter at the entertainment unit end of this cable and will be good to go?

Later, if I get an unmanaged multiple-port switch for my main floor devices, can/should I connect this cable to the switch on the main floor, or should I leave it connected straight to the modem?

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You cannot share Ethernet with splitters. Each device needs it’s own cable back to a switch.
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  Thin-net and thick-net would like a word.

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