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Will an Ethernet splitter work?

I have a room with only one Ethernet cable going there, but I would like to connect two devices on it. Is an Ethernet splitter suitable for that? I am talking about something like this: In theory it ...
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Difference between Ethernet splitter and switch

I have one Ethernet port that is wired directly to the router on another level. However, I want to run a desktop and a server both off this one Ethernet port. Can anyone tell me the difference ...
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Looking for a real DisplayPort hub/splitter [closed]

In my search for a new display, I came across the Dell Multi-Monitor Hub MMH11, which seemed to be an alternative to my search for daisy-chainable DisplayPort displays. However, before I cave and ...
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How can I use a DVI splitter cable on 1 DVI port?

I have a GTX 275 video card with 2 DVI ports. I already run 2 monitors, but I've seen cables that plug into one DVI port and split into 2 more connectors. Is there some special trick to getting this ...
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How do I split a large MySql backup file into multiple files?

I have a 250 MB backup SQL file but the limit on the new hosting is only 100 MB ... Is there a program that let's you split an SQL file into multiple SQL files? It seems like people are answering ...
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Can I use a pci-e x16 slot for multple cards?

I have a mini itx pc with only one pci-e x16 slot. There is another old style pci slot. I don't care that much about graphics bandwidth and I'd like to add USB 3.0 support. It's a waste to be using ...
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Can a 3.5mm headphone splitter be used to join two inputs into one output?

I want to be able to connect up my PC and iPod to the same speakers at the same time using a 3.5mm jack (very fiddly at the moment) - I have seen this Speaker and Headphones Splitter and wondered if ...
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Extend Monitors on Both Sides - Using Splitter

I'm using the following splitter here: I've got two monitors connected. I have my desktop extending to them but, it shows the same 'extension'. Is is possible to have the two screens be different ...
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Does a USB-C Power Delivery splitter exist?

Does a USB-C Power Delivery splitter exist? I’m considering purchasing an Apple 96W USB-C charger, which could Fast-Charge 2-3 devices at one time with that amount of power. The only downside is that ...
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Is there a device with multiple serial ports to configure multiple devices

Is there a device that has multiple serial ports that I can connect to my computer so that I can connect other networking devices that can be configured from the serial port to this device and then ...
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Is a DSL splitter required, if only a Modem is attached to the line?

Annex B is the current standard for digital subscriber line (DSL) in Germany. A DSL-splitter is an analog L-C-filter to separate the POTS (plain old telephone service, like voice and ISDN, FAX) ...
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Displaying same image to many monitors (10+)?

I have a WD TV Media Player, which streams content from the Internet onto my TV. I am using monitors instead, with a HDMI cable, and I need to display the same image to about 8-15 monitors (still ...
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What is this cable which came with my chassis fans?

I ordered 3 chassis fans for my PC but I have only 2 connector pins left on my motherboard, so I was looking at a female to male Y splitter for the connector when I found this in the box: What is the ...
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Ethernet splitter

I have two computers side by side (one work and the other personal). Due to the location of the wireless connection, sometimes the signal is weak, so I normally access one of the computer via the ...
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USB-C Splitter for Power-in & A/V-out - Does this exist?

I have a Lenovo ThinkPad laptop that has a single USB-C port (plus a couple of standard USB 3 ports and an HDMI port). The USB-C also happens to be the main charging port for the laptop. I have a ...
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Power Two SATA Drives with One Molex

Can I safely power two hard drives (Western Digital VelociRaptor WD30000HLFS 10k RPM) from a single molex connection using a LP4 molex to 2 SATA splitter? The machine's power supply can easily handle ...
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2 Screens 1 HDMI port and HDMI Splitter LAPTOP

I have a Laptop at work and they got me 2 monitors because I need to have 2 different screens, but since it's a laptop it only have one HDMI port, so we got a Splitter to connect both Screens, but ...
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Setting up 2 external monitors on a laptop with VGA splitter

I have a laptop with a graphics card that supports 2 displays. I would like to know the easiest way to set it up so I can close my laptop lid and use 2 external monitors (unique displays). I use it ...
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Microphone not working with headset jack splitter

I am trying to connect my headset to my computer and I am having problems with the microphone. My headset is a Sennheiser MOMENTUM 2, which has a 4 pole jack. My computer has separate connectors for ...
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can i connect two pcs to a router using ethernet without hub and switch?

I have a router and wanna connect it to two pcs using ethernet cable. I've seen similar question here and it had a good answer but the following pattern that they were talking about was surely not ...
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2 monitors with dual view on GeForce 6150 LE

I have an HP Pavilion Media Center a1630n. 3.5 RAM, Athlon 64 X2 (W) 4600+ 2.4 GHz, Win xp 32bit media center edition. The video card that came with it was Nvidia GeForce 6150 LE. I put an Nvidia ...
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RS232 serial Y splitter to Raspberry Pi (USB) and thermal printer sometimes blocks flow to printer

We are sniffing data from a restaurant point of sale system (RJ45 to DB9) to its thermal printer by using an RS232 splitter and a Raspberry Pi (DB9 to USB on the Pi). This has worked great 99% of the ...
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Combine two headphone-microphone splitters?

I want to connect a game console's audio output to my computer's audio input using a 3.5-mm headphone-microphone splitter. The output will be connected to the input (microphone) on the splitter. I'm ...
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How to perform automatic, lossless cutting / splitting / chopping of video files?

I have various video files in H264 / xvid / mp4 / avi codecs/containers. Some of them are very long and I'd like to chop them down into 10 minute long segments. Are there any tools that can ...
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How to split a output string at new-line in bash

I am writing a little command which uses nslookup to just get the IP address of a domain name. Here is what I have done: nslookup scanme.nmap.org | grep -i "Address" | awk '{print $2}' ...
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Split binary file at offset quickly

The file I need to split is 32GB. I need to split the file into two parts at an offset I specify and I only need to keep the second part. I can do this easily by: dd if=binary_file.bin of=...
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Linux Driver needed to use Matrox TripleHead2Go Digital signal splitter

I have 3 monitors and am trying to get the Matrox TripleHead2Go Digital signal splitter with my Linux workstation. When I connect them all I get are blinking green lights on the monitors which I ...
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Good, simple tool to split MP4 videos in Windows? [closed]

I checked with "mp4 split windows" but SU didn't return much. I'm looking for a simple Windows application to splice an MP4 video into 60mn bits. AviDemux is OK but it's a bit big and I had some ...
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Image splitter by analysis

I want to scan old photos to the computer, and to make the process faster I want to scan a few photos together each time, and then split them up later on. I scanned three photos together, but now I ...
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MP3 Slice Repetitive Lines

I have a MP3 file where each line of the song is repeated thrice. When I hear it closely, what they have done is they have taken the whole song and somehow identified where each line ends (maybe they ...
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How to split a single MP3 files into multiple ones based on a tracklist?

I have an MP3 file which has in it the entire soundtrack of a game. I have a list which has the tracks with the titles and the time from which it starts. How can I conveniently split the single track ...
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Is this sort of an audio adapter splitter that I'm looking for?

I have ASUS N550JV laptop and it has one COMBO audio jack. I want to use my Logitech G230 audio headset which has two jacks, one for audio and one for microphone. Searching the web, I realized I need ...
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Ethernet Splitter for PC and Printer

I am looking to connect my printer to an Ethernet cable. I only have one Ethernet port and was thinking on buying a Ethernet splitter to connect my pc and printer at the same time. I have been doing ...
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How To Separate One Channel Audio To 2 Channels? [duplicate]

Sometimes I stumble upon audio tracks and recently YouTube video clip where only one of 2 channels is heard. Is it possible to separate that 1 channel into 2 channels i.e left and right? In case ...
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Use Displayport-Splitter to connect two computers to one Displayport jack of a monitor

I have here a Windows computer (Lenovo W510) and a MacBook Pro (Early 2011). Now I want to connect each Displayport output of the computers to one Displayport input of the monitor (iiyama PL2779Q). So ...
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Use Microphone and Headphones on a splitter

I bought this thing: http://www.dhgate.com/store/product/3-5mm-1-male-to-2-female-earphone-headphone/157719473.html From a shop.My laptop have only a jack port and i don't have Headphones with ...
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How to split a file into two UNEQUAL parts in windows xp?

I know about all the file splitting programs which split the files into equal parts. But i need to split a file say 783kb into 2 parts Part1 : 105kb Part2 : 680kb is there a program to do this ? ...
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How do I Connect Two SATA II Hard Drives to a Laptop?

I want to copy data from an old drive to a new drive. The laptop has a connection for only one drive. I see a number of splitters advertised for SATA drives, but have no idea what I need.
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How to split single PPPoE connection into two but use one at a time?

I want to split my PPPoE connection into two ethernet cables to connect with two routers, Router A and Router B. But, I will use one router at a time to log in to PPPoE. The reason is, Router A will ...
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How to make an HDMI splitter use full resolution?

I have one monitor and one TV screen. Both support 1920x1080 when I plug them directly into my graphics card. But when I plug them both into the unpowered HDMI splitter I just bought, that is plugged ...
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Is it safe to use 3.5mm audio splitter for input and output?

Is it safe to plug my headphones (3.5mm) into a audio splitter (1x male to 2x female), then one end of a male-to-male aux cable into the splitter and the other end into my computer headphone jack? a ...
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Case Fan Cable Splitters

I have two 120mm case fans that I'm trying to hook up to a singular 3-pin Male connector. I need a Y-Splitter that has two 4 Pin (male) and one 3 pin (female). Does such an item exist?
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How far from the TV/Internet splitter can I place the cable modem?

Does my cable modem for my internet need to be connected right at the point where the cable comes into my house? In other words can I split the input cable for the TV and Internet at the entry point ...
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Transfer rate of splitting a USB 2.0 port

I am working on a program that requires data from two USB ports, however, I was wondering what would occur when utilising a USB splitter? Instead of two direct USB connections to the computer, what ...
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Is there a macro to split the contents of an Excel spreadsheet into separate spreadsheets?

I know there are similar questions out there but I don't think they are quite the same. I have an excel spreadsheet with the following headings- First name -- Surname -- Host Trust -- Contact ...
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Toggle-able USB hub with more than one input and output?

I recently came across this product: http://ppa-usa.com/shared-network-hub-4-port-usb.html The only problem is, this is nearly opposite of what I need. Ideally, I'm looking for a USB hub-like device ...
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3 monitors + a TV on a single card with Eyefinity?

Greetings all, Right now I have a fairly standard video card with 2 DVI ports, one powering my single monitor and another powering my HDTV (with a DVI-to-HDMI cable), which are in separate rooms. I ...
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Can a DSL splitter be used in place of a micro filter

I don't want to do the rewiring required to put a splitter at the demarcation point, but we don't have DSL micro filters available here. Can I use two splitters as filters for the modem and the phone?...
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Duplicate screen over many (5+) screens using DisplayPort

I'm setting up for an event, and there will be multiple monitors around (around 5 - 10 monitors). I want to display the same screen on all monitors. My computer does not support that many monitors ...
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Can 3.5mm Headphone Jack of the laptop be used for multiple devices

I am using a Surface pro 6 that has one 3.5 mm head phone jack . i want to use this jack for connecting external mic (Boya BYM1 Omnidirectional Lavalier ) and external Speaker (JBL GO) Both mic and ...
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