TSGL: Computer and Phone on CAT5 cable.

[The Computer Whisperer]

This will work... you need to leave wires 1,4,5 and 6 connected.

Cat5 100megabits uses 2 pair, which is 4 wires for those who can't count lol.

Which ones are 1 4 5 and 6?

well for that you will need to google around a bit.

Alternatively, you could make your computer wireless and just use the
cat5 for telephone :-)

By the way... try not to handle the wiring too much, also, make sure
you are terminating into fascia mechs, not rj45 plug ends.

The reason for this is that the cabling that is used in walls is
single strand, move it around too much and it wont work efficiently,
if at all, any more.

Wires in patch cables are multi-strand, commonly 6 strands.


Justin

On 19/09/06, Daniel Frank <dfrank at mbe.com.pg> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm in doubt and in the process of testing to see if it works or not.
>
> In my remote office 30 meters away from my main office, I have only one
> cat5 cable running under hard concrete. I want to have a phone connected
> using that same cable, cost savings.
>
> If I remove any two pairs off the cat5 and use for the phone and the
> remaining six pairs are used for the PC done on both ends, will it work
> for both the pc and phone.
>
> Any suggestion or better idea/way of doing this.
>
> Thanks for you help.......
>
> Daniel Frank
>
>
>
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