alt Hacker News> Like you can't model 1 cat5 split into two 100mb terminations
Ugh I don't really blame them there, that's really a dirty hack. Sure I've done in a pinch but not for permanent stuff.
I wouldn't call that professional network management. If you really wanna do it, just split the pairs over two patch ports IMO.
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One of the achievements in my career I’m lowkey proudest of is sneaking in the rewire of about 45,000 ports on a campus that were split pair after an explicit project to do so was shot down.
Of course, but a splitter in a PON network or a WDM device are perhaps better examples of things that are hacky to model. Multi-fibre cables and splices are another. Netbox is great for some simple applications, and it's fantastic OSS, but in practice falls short for many use cases.
> Ugh I don't really blame them there, that's really a dirty hack.
I certainly wouldn't do it today, but using two pair for a connection designed for two pair isn't a dirty hack, it's as designed.
Today, using 4 pair for 1G or more and a small switch on the host side to get more ports is probably a better plan.