Indeedy. Depending on how much data will be coursing through, YMMV. One
other thing to watch is to make sure that it's solid wire cable on that
phone line; watching someone try to crimp RJ45's onto stranded cable is a
little like watching a monkey try to get a bananna out of a sealed mason
jar...
Considering how cheap Cat-5 really is to install, and how simple it is,
there's no reason not to do it. If you're really sneaky, you can use that
existing phone line to pull your cat5 through.
If you don't already have one, *buy a fishtape*! And have someone handy to
grab the tip of it as it dangles near the hole of the outlet box...
Depending on the age of the house, you might need to take extra care not
to hurt the insulation on existing wiring. I was helping a friend run some
network cable in his (old) house and got a nice jolt by ramming the
fishtape up and down to get through a cross-brace - and ended up ramming
it right through the cloth insulation by the light switch. Zap! Not to
mention having to rip it out and replace it...
Good luck,
Aaron
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, John B wrote:
> I have done substantial work with 10BaseT and running a network over "phone
> cable" is not a good idea. It is called "twisted pair" for a reason. We got
> some garbage uncertified network cables once that caused a whole bunch of
> problems. Flat phone wire cable is not the way to go [it might work for
> you].
>
> john
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 2:26 PM
> Subject: RE: Semi-OT: Running CAT5 Cables (Stupid Question)
>
>
> >OK, I was pointed at http://www.linksys.com looks like they've got some
> >good info. However, I just noticed something that has me wondering, looks
> >like CAT5 only has 4 real wires made out of the 8 wires.
> >
> >So... Is it possible to run at least 10BaseT over normal phoneline cable?
> >It just happens that a totally unused phoneline was run a couple years ago
> >at the same time I had a work phone put in.
> >
> >Yes, I want to be lazy if possible. I'm assuming that if it is possible I
> >can make a RJ11-to-RJ45 adapter and plug one end into a hub in the house,
> >the other end into a hub in the garage.
> >
> > Zane
> >| Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Adminstrator |
> >| healyzh_at_aracnet.com (primary) | Linux Enthusiast |
> >| healyzh_at_holonet.net (alternate) | Classic Computer Collector |
> >+----------------------------------+----------------------------+
> >| Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, |
> >| and Zane's Computer Museum. |
> >| http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |
> >
>
>
Received on Wed Oct 27 1999 - 15:41:26 BST