[ale] Home Wiring (was Re: cat5)

[Geoffrey]

Michael Kachline wrote:

>>This works, but you still have the problem of plugging in your phone on the 
>>other end (which happens to be RJ-11).
>>
>>Since it is apparent that you are buying the cable to begin with, why not 
>>buy 6 pair twisted instead of 4 pair twisted (CAT-5) and dual jack face 
>>plates (RJ-11 and RJ-45).  This way you can have 2 phone lines AND the net 
>>connection at all locations without having to do patch cable swapping.


Note, with a single cat-5 cable, you can run 4 separate phone lines, 
therefore your rooms with 3 cat-5 could yield two network and 4 phone lines.


>>
> 
> 	Leonard,
> 
> 	Doh! I asked too late. The CAT-5 is already installed in the walls
> with two loose ends. Regardless though, most rooms have three CAT-5's run
> to a box, allowing for (hopefully) either a 2 phone, 1 net, or 1 phone 2
> net type of configuration. The ability to swap between these two
> configurations in an easy manner is what I am looking for.
> 
> 
> 						- Mike
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> 
>  Intec Telecom Systems
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