On 25/07/2025 4:02 pm, Don Y wrote:
These (and others listed on each page) are all called "splitters":
<https://www.amazon.com/ANHAN-Connector-Combiner-Splitter-Adapter/dp/B078MYL64B>
<https://www.amazon.com/Antronix-Performance-Splitter-CMC2008U-Coaxial/dp/B07W6J5MXR>
How should their *descriptions* differentiate their topologies
from each other?
E.g., I assume the first group are literally a "wire with connectors"
whereas the latter are actual networks.
(And, how does a "tap" differ from the above?)
For me, a "tap" does split off some signal, but the implication is that
you can add a tap to a working system without making any further change
to the original system, while a "splitter" is something put in when the original system was put together.
There's bound to be an upper limit on the number of taps a system can
support. There certainly was on the original Ethernet, which also had "bridges".
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Bill Sloman, Sydney
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