Bus topology

[timebot]

Can Cat5 wiring be used to set up a bus network structure?.....I thought it had to be coxial cable. If so how would you drop off the backbone to make the individual connections.... I'm just trying to figure out how 8 computer connections can be tied in together.... There is only one wire coming into the closet were the router will be...Can't figure out what they did, it kind of looks like he jumped from one connection to the next, kind of like wiring a house for telephones......Am I missing something here?? Any thoughts would be appreciated......

 

[JohnWill]

Uh Oh! Whoever wired your jacks screwed up! You need home runs from each jack to the location of your router/switch. You can NOT connect them like telephones.

 

[Rockn]

They may have made one long run to the closet and split the rest off on a switch somewhere in the middle. Not the best wat to do this but if the network isn't too large it should be OK.

 

[JohnWill]

They may have, but I wouldn't bet the ranch on it. I'll bet that the original post had it right, they wired it like telephone cable.

 

[timebot]

I agree, I'm going back tommorrow an take one last look just to make sure but I can't see any other Possibilities.....I should be able to tell by just pulling one of the connections out and taking a look. What a mess this is going to be....Its a two story house thats been remodeled and made into a office....They went to a lot of trouble and expense to do this the wrong way.......Its going to be interesting

 

[JohnWill]

I suspect you'll find exactly what you expect to find.