Can I buy a gizmo to join cat leads

[David]

I am in the process of wiring the home up my router is in the sitting room......I ran a cat cable around that room and drilled a hole into the front room.... ok I have two pc,s running off that router
My question is above this room I want to wire the bedroom directly above this one is there a double type socket type thing which would allow me to use the 30 meter cable I have to just run the cable along the skirting up the wall through the cieling which would mean I could plug the bedroom PC in without running a cable from the router and up stairs taking up boards on landing and bedroom

I find it hard to believe that something like that isnt availabel but dont know how to google it

I have a netgear switch which has never been used but dount this  would do it but in theory it should 

A David classic question I know but my medication is due soon 

[Rik]

You can't double up two machines on one cable, David.

[David]

No I want to join two cable Rik sorry I wasnt clear

[pctech]

Here's what you are looking for David http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ehternet+cable+joiner&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb

[Rik]

I was tossing up which you were trying to do.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/inline-coupler-for-networking-44750

[Rik]

Here's what you are looking for David http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ehternet+cable+joiner&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb

You beat me to it.

[pctech]

If only it was that quick to research errors via Google at work.

I swear it knows when I've got someone on the phone and I'm trying to look up an obscure error as it usually shoves up all the junk.

[Rik]

Google is perverse.

[David]

I was tossing up which you were trying to do.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/inline-coupler-for-networking-44750

Watch the eyesight Rik 

[Rik]

 

[Glenn]

Before I opened this, I thought why are you taking cats for a walk? 

[Rik]

[Glenn]

 

[pctech]

Before I opened this, I thought why are you taking cats for a walk? 

Nah his cat takes HIM for a walk.

[David]

  Mrs Slowcum comes to mind 

I think thats how to spell her name   

[David]

I was tossing up which you were trying to do.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/inline-coupler-for-networking-44750

Thanks Rik just recerved on .....Maplins is just across the road to me   

[pctech]

Ah yes Mrs Slocombe

[David]

And a fine actress I did like Molly Sugden an underated actor in my book 

[David]

Oh no I just realised I want a single into a double ! at least I know what Im looking for now 

[Glenn]

Then you need to use a switch or hub.

[David]

Thanks Glenn I have one in the cupboard never even knew what it was to be honest 

[nowster]

You'll find searching easier if you search for cat5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_5_cable

The device you're after is a coupler.

[Gary]

Wouldn't it have been easier to use Homeplugs? Netgear does a  blisteringly fast one with a four port switch. I tried it out, got over 80Mbs over it which is pretty impressive. It would have stayed buy Justina didn't like the cables dangling down the wall. My power sockets are about 1 meter off the ground for me to have easy access. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Netgear-XAVB5004-Powerline-4-Port-Theater/dp/B004I9IANS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1335685229&sr=8-2

[talos]

Before I opened this, I thought why are you taking cats for a walk? 

So did I 
                               Yes they are available, got one from the local shop a couple of weeks ago, bout 30p, cheap but effective

[Rik]

Oh no I just realised I want a single into a double ! at least I know what Im looking for now 

As Glenn says, you need a switch for that job, David, you can't 'split' a network cable as you can a phone line.