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I have 1 ethernet plugin in my room, and I want to hook up my XBox and PC in my room to the internet. Now, is there a splitter or something that I can get that will let me hook up my XBox and PC to the same ethernet jack? like a splitter or something? I do not want to have to rewire our netwokr again just for this. It is also very annoying to switch the patch cable from the PC to XBox everytime I want to go Live! on the XBox. I like to play and talk to people at the same time. How can I go about doing this? Can I get a router for my room that goes to the PC and XBox? Can I even hook up another router to my current one? If there are any cheaper alternatives out there, I'm all ears.
 
Thanks, I found a DLink at circuit city that should do me.

anyway, what is packet collision?
 
Originally from Smart Computing Encylopedia

packet collision: If two or more stations in a network try to send packets over the network at the same time, a packet collision occurs. When this happens, the packets are discarded or returned to their stations and retransmitted in a sequence timed to prevent another collision. If a packet is damaged or does not reach its destination, TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) will detect the error and retransmit it.
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I'm lazy and this probably explains it better than I ever could. So sue me.
 
Packet collision isn't a bad thing. I think people are generally confused about that. A lot of packet collision is a bad thing, though.

You can't "split" ethernet due to the nature of the beast. People have made products that do essentially that, and it makes for very bad networking. A switch is what you need. Good thing you got one (:
 
Yeah, if you're not transfering massive amounts of data then a hub will do just fine. Even a cheap old used one would be good enough to do what most people are doing in their homes. Heck, ask your company's computer department if they've got any old junk laying around. I've given away most of our old networking equipment. People put it into service for another few years before it gives up.
 
Yeah, but hubs cause more packet collision than switches, I have heard. Hub's don't monitor and hold packets so they don't collide, like switches do. I don't know how true this is, as I am not a network specialist and know little about networking.
 

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