To make things easy, think of a splitter as a way of turning one ethernet port into two ports using the same wire. Think of a switch as a hub with multiple ethernet ports, like a network surge ...

Zyxel Networks' PoE12-3PD 802.3bt Outdoor PoE Extender carries a two-year warranty and is available now at a street price of $79.99 through Zyxel Authorized Distributors: D&H, IngramMicro, TD Synnex, ...