Just sharing some photos of some garbage ethernet splitters I picked up cheap.
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What? every pin is wired to every other pin!
That’s not going to work.
Ok, I can fix this….
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Just need to split it so each half has their own 1,2,3 and 6 pins…
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And this is where I realised I fucked up. 1,2,3 and 6 are from the plug side, not the socket side. I’d done it backwards. 🙁
Into the bin.