said by pmurdock 
:I'm not so sure about that.. A hub is useful where you need to repeat the signal over larger distances.
However, the ethernet protocol is a CSMA/
CD protocol, which implies "C"ollision "D"etection.. this means that a number of transmitters theorectically could be on the EXACT same wires and still be able to communicate as I understand it. When a collision occurs a random backoff period happens and then the two transmit again at different times.. simply by splicing the wires together indeed I will create the opportunities for collisions to occur, but it still should work?
cheers,
Paul
That applies to original thick wire ethernet.
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