Hi Tristram, The points at which the router and pcs are located are some distance apart. At present I have a run of 30m cat 5, part of which runs under my garage roof. While adding a second run wouldn't be impossible, finding a way to connect both machines to the existing cable would be preferable. Regards, Tim. Bangor, N. Ireland. Skype: tim-crawford -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tristram Llewellyn Sent: 26 April 2012 16:24 To: 'access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [access-uk] Re: Connecting 2 Pcs to a single ethernet cable? If your router has additional Ethernet ports why not sling a second cable between it and the PC. This is the simplest route. The PCs can then communicate with each other via the router. Regards. Tristram Llewellyn Technical Support Sight and Sound Technology -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Crawford (GI4OPH) Sent: 26 April 2012 16:16 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Connecting 2 Pcs to a single ethernet cable? Hi, I want to connect 2 pcs located in the same room to a common ethernet cable, which currently connects one of the machines to my router. If I split the connection at the router end using a rj45 splitter, and use an identical splitter at the other end of the cable would this work? Or is there a better method? Best regards, Tim. Bangor, N. Ireland. Skype: tim-crawford ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________ ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq