Thicknet (was Re: BBS's)

From: Iggy Drougge <optimus_at_canit.se>
Date: Wed Nov 22 18:06:17 2000

Eric J. Korpela skrev:

>On a related note, are there standards for wiring an RJ45 for phone use?
>For localtalk? (I would assume that it would be possible to put both
>in one.) It would be nice to have the wired such that a misconnection
>(ethernet into phone) won't fry anything. It would also be nice to sprinkle
>RJ45 sockets around the house and decide what to use them for later.

AFAIK an RJ45 splits into two telephone lines. Thus, it should be very much
possible to connect the phone to one of those lines, and Localtalk to the
other, using PhoneNet transceivers.

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