The splitter can be plugged into any port
At the network side (router or switch): You plug the splitter into two open ports. The splitter "combines" those two connections into one physical cable by assigning each to different wire pairs. It looks simple enough, just a box or adapter with extra jacks, but its role in your network isn't always clear. You could plug up to 4 devices into the switch (and one port to the router) and use them all at the same time with no issues. Do you intend for the two devices past the splitter to be able to talk to each other? Does the upstream device limit the number of IPs on the port the other end of the cable will be plugged into? Do you believe half of these commenters actually understand either hub-wired or radio CSMA/CD? You have.
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