Timeline for Repurpose telephone line to ethernet
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| Aug 20, 2019 at 2:28 | comment | added | Nelson | Part of the issue is also termination. Just because you have good cables, you can easily screw it all up with a bad termination job. | |
| Aug 19, 2019 at 19:22 | comment | added | technogeek1995 | Correct. However, I was noting that he does need the three pairs if he's using PoE, which is usually the blue colored pair. Still good to wire it up even if he isn't using it so the next guy doesn't come along and try have to debug his equipment. Maybe I wasn't clear enough in my answer regarding that. | |
| Aug 19, 2019 at 17:19 | comment | added | mirabilos | Cat3 (often used in in-house ISDN lines) is usually enough for 100baseTX. The OP doesn’t need to wire up all three line pairs, just two of them, but the how is important (to keep the pairs twisted inside the cable matching the connector pins correctly). | |
| S Aug 19, 2019 at 11:42 | history | suggested | ilkkachu | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
it's 100Base-TX (or 100BASE-TX), not Base100T, same for 1000Base-T, which also runs over cat-5e
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| Aug 19, 2019 at 10:27 | comment | added | Martin Bonner supports Monica | @RogerLipscombe Lath and plaster is a venerable technique which was still in use for interior walls in the Edwardian period. It was replaced by plasterboard on timber. Why build an expensive brick wall when you don't need to? | |
| Aug 19, 2019 at 9:23 | comment | added | Roger Lipscombe | @MartinBonner in the UK, if it's an inside wall, it's almost certainly brick or block as well, (unless it's a fairly recent build...?) | |
| Aug 19, 2019 at 8:46 | comment | added | Martin Bonner supports Monica | "you'll need to cut another small hole in your frame" - this is the UK. If this is an outside wall, it is almost certainly a brick or block wall, not a wood frame. | |
| Aug 19, 2019 at 6:08 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Aug 18, 2019 at 23:20 | comment | added | technogeek1995 | They don’t need to be foiled or shielded at it’s a digital transmission. Being twisted pairs is the most critical to prevent interference, but I can’t tell from the pictures. However, judging by the cable, I don’t think it’s likely they aren’t twisted pairs. Even 4 wire phone lines should be twisted pair. | |
| Aug 18, 2019 at 21:48 | comment | added | user55391 | those cables aren't "CAT5 or better", because they are likely neither twisted, nor foiled, nor shielded. | |
| Aug 18, 2019 at 21:31 | comment | added | marcelm | "If you need to Base1000T, you're out of luck and will have to run new wires with CAT6 cabling." - CAT5 is adequate for 1000BASE-T, so if the existing wiring is 4-pair / 8-wire CAT5 (doesn't look like it though), he doesn't need to replace it. | |
| Aug 18, 2019 at 21:29 | comment | added | technogeek1995 | You could try it, but I would recommend something like this. Just be sure to match the colors 1:1. That is 1 connector per two wires from the same color. That way no one accidentally plugs in the wrong thing to that outlet. | |
| Aug 18, 2019 at 21:25 | comment | added | gozzilli | Stellar answer, thanks @technogeek1995. The wires in the middle floor seem to be connected together on the plate, can I just leave them as they are (to achieve Base100T connection bottom to top, skipping middle)? | |
| Aug 18, 2019 at 21:23 | vote | accept | gozzilli | ||
| Aug 18, 2019 at 17:52 | history | edited | manassehkatz-Moving 2 Codidact | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Add CAT 5
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| Aug 18, 2019 at 14:22 | history | answered | technogeek1995 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |