Timeline for Using an incoming cat5 cable for my phone, how can I wire it so it goes to a switch and also to my phone line
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| Sep 20, 2020 at 10:55 | comment | added | Scott | You are correct that I have a cat5 (4 pair) wire, which is connected to a wall plate that terminates to a female RJ11 connector. If I read your answer correctly, I need to leave the incoming cat5 wire connected as it was originally (upstairs) and then run another line from my router back downstairs to the switch? | |
| Sep 17, 2020 at 3:34 | comment | added | Criggie | @Ecnerwal see the image in Home Improvement Chat recently for an example of the fun inherent in running new cable. It worked though. | |
| Sep 16, 2020 at 15:45 | comment | added | Ecnerwal | @Criggie I'll let the Flying Spaghetti Monster and Cthulhu tear you apart (sharing is caring even when it's Elder Gods and Brand-Spanking New Gods sharing sacrifices, right?) if I come across this sort of abomination. Ewww. | |
| Sep 16, 2020 at 4:36 | comment | added | Criggie | @Ecnerwal you're right - cable(wire) is cheap. The hard work (time is money) is in getting it up and down walls in a way that looks undisturbed. If there's a wire in place that goes the right way, I can see the attraction of reusing that, somehow. | |
| Sep 16, 2020 at 2:15 | history | edited | Ecnerwal | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 16, 2020 at 2:07 | comment | added | Ecnerwal | I would strongly suggest NOT. Cable just isn't that expensive (run a whole new hunk with gig capabilities) and it makes it painful for the next poor schlub to figure out what in the name of Cthulhu you were even thinking... | |
| Sep 16, 2020 at 2:03 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | They could use the unused pairs of the RJ-45 for 100Base-TX, but that might confuse modern GigE gear that's trying to autonegotiate.... | |
| Sep 16, 2020 at 1:56 | history | edited | Ecnerwal | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 16, 2020 at 1:38 | history | answered | Ecnerwal | CC BY-SA 4.0 |