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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 working:

Pattern

I'm asking what if I use some thing like this:

Ethernet Economiser

It looks there is no collision and both pcs can has a 2 paired internet connection but I don't know does router can handle it or not.

I know there are switches and hubs but don't mention them.

CaldeiraG
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Your router only has one LAN port and would not understand that there is a custom Ethernet cable connected to it:

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You must first "split" the single Ethernet cable coming from your router by using a small switch like this:

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You could then use a custom Ethernet cable like this, with both jacks at one end connected to two different LAN ports at the switch:

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