How to set up a LAN between three PCs using two LAN cables?

Question

Network administration

My friends and I want to play together, but the problem is establishing a connection between them.
We have 2 LAN cables and want to connect them into one with three connectors. One connector connects to the PC-Host and the other two to the others.
How can this be implemented?

Answer 1

It won't work like that.
Option 1 - take a device called a "switch", and connect all the PCs to it with three cables.
Option 2 - install a second network adapter in one of the PCs, and connect the remaining 2 PCs to it with two cables.

Answer 2

no. You need a switch (you can use a router combined with a switch).

Answer 3

the idea of ​​​​using 4 wires is good, of course, and it works successfully, only the network card is not a switch, and it just goes nuts from this - there will be no network)

Answer 4

the simplest 5-port d-link for 500 rubles will solve the problem without any perversions)