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Repurpose telephone line to ethernet
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I have a (UK) telephone socket in the same corner of each of the three floors in my house. My broadband router is connected to the socket on the bottom floor.
The wiring looks like the following:
Top floor:
Middle floor:
Bottom floor:
What type of cable is it? Can I use it for ethernet? If not, would it be pretty straightforward to run an ethernet cable alongside it?
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I have a (UK) telephone socket in the same corner of each of the three floors in my house. My broadband router is connected to the socket on the bottom floor.
The wiring looks like the following:
Top floor:
Middle floor:
Bottom floor:
What type of cable is it? Can I use it for ethernet? If not, would it be pretty straightforward to run an ethernet cable alongside it?
wiring data-wiring ethernet telephone
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I have a (UK) telephone socket in the same corner of each of the three floors in my house. My broadband router is connected to the socket on the bottom floor.
The wiring looks like the following:
Top floor:
Middle floor:
Bottom floor:
What type of cable is it? Can I use it for ethernet? If not, would it be pretty straightforward to run an ethernet cable alongside it?
wiring data-wiring ethernet telephone
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I have a (UK) telephone socket in the same corner of each of the three floors in my house. My broadband router is connected to the socket on the bottom floor.
The wiring looks like the following:
Top floor:
Middle floor:
Bottom floor:
What type of cable is it? Can I use it for ethernet? If not, would it be pretty straightforward to run an ethernet cable alongside it?
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Base1000T
If you need to Base1000T, you're out of luck and will have to run new wires with CAT6 cabling. It's likely not that difficult depending on your house. It seems like these jacks are above each other in the same place on each floor. Thus, you could easily drop a cable down from the upper floor and run them all down to your bottom floor. If the cables are in different spots, it'll be more challenging. However, you could just cut a small hole in your wall and then you'll need to cut another small hole in your frame using a bit like this. It's not as bad as it seems - especially if there's already a wire you follow (ie: your telephone line).
Base100T
If you're only interested in Base100T (ubiquitous), you can rewire those telephone lines to become ethernet lines without much work, provided the existing cables are CAT 5 or better. Check the outer sheath of the cable to determine what you have. If it is only CAT 3 then you are out of luck. You'll have to make a few concessions for that to work:
- You'll have to have a switch on your middle floor
- You're giving up your telephone lines (as they will be ethernet instead
The telephone wires in your house have 3 twisted pairs. Ethernet is usually ran with 4 twisted pair wires. However, for Base-T100, 2 of those twisted pair wires aren't used as only the orange and green are used for transmit and receive. The blue wires are used for Power Over Ethernet. From your pictures, you should be able to wire a RJ-45 Keystone Jack with all 3 pairs of your wire.
Basically, you'll need to take your orange, green, and blue wires and connect them to the terminal on your RJ-45 jack on each floor. On the middle floor, where you have 2 wires, you'll need 2 keystone jacks. Then, you'll need to put an ethernet switch in the middle floor and connect both the top and bottom floor (along with the middle floor). If you're only interested in connected the top and bottom floor, you can put in a small 6" patch cable to connect the top and bottom floors together. Obviously, you'll need to remove your telephone jacks to replace them with the RJ45 keystone jacks mentioned previously. While this solution isn't the fastest, it take minimum effort to get up and running.
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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)?
– gozzilli
1 hour ago
1
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.
– technogeek1995
1 hour ago
"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.
– marcelm
1 hour ago
those cables aren't "CAT5 or better", because they are likely neither twisted, nor foiled, nor shielded.
– Martin Zeitler
47 mins ago
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I would inspect to see if the telephone cable is run in some type of conduit, but in UK that, sadly, is not always the case.
If you are lucky and it is in a conduit then I would use a cable puller and run cat 6 cable up to each floor.
If you are not lucky, then you could take the risk of disconnecting the telephone cable and using that to pull through two lines. One to put back the telephone cable and one to pull the cat 6 through.
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The cable type is almost certainly BT spec CW1308, 3 pairs would be normal for UK extension wiring.
It won't be to Cat5 or better spec, but over a short run and without external interference you will probably get 10MBs over it, maybe even 100MBs.
Cat3 (or similar) for 100 MB is often a big problem. If you can force it to 10 MB then it is great - and plenty fast enough for a lot of uses. But if you can't force it to 10 MB then it might bounce between 10 & 100 or run at 100 but with a lot of errors which can slow things down to worse than 10 MB. Easy fix would be a 10 MB switch in the middle location - if you can find one.
– manassehkatz
3 hours ago
@manassehkatz If the network card can do 10 Mbit/s in the first place, then there's usually a way to set it via software to force it to use only 10 Mbit/s, rather than to autosense the speed. Beware, both ends have to have the same setting or it won't work.
– a CVn
2 hours ago
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There are a) two adders missing and b) the wiring is likely not properly shielded.
Just pull the wires and replace with CAT7, including outlets with RJ-45 connectors.
With VoIP, the previous POTS line can be fully replaced.
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1 - What are "adders"? 2 - CAT7 is a bit much - CAT5e or 6 is plenty for most uses. As far as replacing POTS with VOIP, that is a non-trivial change that may or may not make sense in any particular situation.
– manassehkatz
35 mins ago
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Base1000T
If you need to Base1000T, you're out of luck and will have to run new wires with CAT6 cabling. It's likely not that difficult depending on your house. It seems like these jacks are above each other in the same place on each floor. Thus, you could easily drop a cable down from the upper floor and run them all down to your bottom floor. If the cables are in different spots, it'll be more challenging. However, you could just cut a small hole in your wall and then you'll need to cut another small hole in your frame using a bit like this. It's not as bad as it seems - especially if there's already a wire you follow (ie: your telephone line).
Base100T
If you're only interested in Base100T (ubiquitous), you can rewire those telephone lines to become ethernet lines without much work, provided the existing cables are CAT 5 or better. Check the outer sheath of the cable to determine what you have. If it is only CAT 3 then you are out of luck. You'll have to make a few concessions for that to work:
- You'll have to have a switch on your middle floor
- You're giving up your telephone lines (as they will be ethernet instead
The telephone wires in your house have 3 twisted pairs. Ethernet is usually ran with 4 twisted pair wires. However, for Base-T100, 2 of those twisted pair wires aren't used as only the orange and green are used for transmit and receive. The blue wires are used for Power Over Ethernet. From your pictures, you should be able to wire a RJ-45 Keystone Jack with all 3 pairs of your wire.
Basically, you'll need to take your orange, green, and blue wires and connect them to the terminal on your RJ-45 jack on each floor. On the middle floor, where you have 2 wires, you'll need 2 keystone jacks. Then, you'll need to put an ethernet switch in the middle floor and connect both the top and bottom floor (along with the middle floor). If you're only interested in connected the top and bottom floor, you can put in a small 6" patch cable to connect the top and bottom floors together. Obviously, you'll need to remove your telephone jacks to replace them with the RJ45 keystone jacks mentioned previously. While this solution isn't the fastest, it take minimum effort to get up and running.
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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)?
– gozzilli
1 hour ago
1
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.
– technogeek1995
1 hour ago
"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.
– marcelm
1 hour ago
those cables aren't "CAT5 or better", because they are likely neither twisted, nor foiled, nor shielded.
– Martin Zeitler
47 mins ago
add a comment |
Base1000T
If you need to Base1000T, you're out of luck and will have to run new wires with CAT6 cabling. It's likely not that difficult depending on your house. It seems like these jacks are above each other in the same place on each floor. Thus, you could easily drop a cable down from the upper floor and run them all down to your bottom floor. If the cables are in different spots, it'll be more challenging. However, you could just cut a small hole in your wall and then you'll need to cut another small hole in your frame using a bit like this. It's not as bad as it seems - especially if there's already a wire you follow (ie: your telephone line).
Base100T
If you're only interested in Base100T (ubiquitous), you can rewire those telephone lines to become ethernet lines without much work, provided the existing cables are CAT 5 or better. Check the outer sheath of the cable to determine what you have. If it is only CAT 3 then you are out of luck. You'll have to make a few concessions for that to work:
- You'll have to have a switch on your middle floor
- You're giving up your telephone lines (as they will be ethernet instead
The telephone wires in your house have 3 twisted pairs. Ethernet is usually ran with 4 twisted pair wires. However, for Base-T100, 2 of those twisted pair wires aren't used as only the orange and green are used for transmit and receive. The blue wires are used for Power Over Ethernet. From your pictures, you should be able to wire a RJ-45 Keystone Jack with all 3 pairs of your wire.
Basically, you'll need to take your orange, green, and blue wires and connect them to the terminal on your RJ-45 jack on each floor. On the middle floor, where you have 2 wires, you'll need 2 keystone jacks. Then, you'll need to put an ethernet switch in the middle floor and connect both the top and bottom floor (along with the middle floor). If you're only interested in connected the top and bottom floor, you can put in a small 6" patch cable to connect the top and bottom floors together. Obviously, you'll need to remove your telephone jacks to replace them with the RJ45 keystone jacks mentioned previously. While this solution isn't the fastest, it take minimum effort to get up and running.
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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)?
– gozzilli
1 hour ago
1
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.
– technogeek1995
1 hour ago
"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.
– marcelm
1 hour ago
those cables aren't "CAT5 or better", because they are likely neither twisted, nor foiled, nor shielded.
– Martin Zeitler
47 mins ago
add a comment |
Base1000T
If you need to Base1000T, you're out of luck and will have to run new wires with CAT6 cabling. It's likely not that difficult depending on your house. It seems like these jacks are above each other in the same place on each floor. Thus, you could easily drop a cable down from the upper floor and run them all down to your bottom floor. If the cables are in different spots, it'll be more challenging. However, you could just cut a small hole in your wall and then you'll need to cut another small hole in your frame using a bit like this. It's not as bad as it seems - especially if there's already a wire you follow (ie: your telephone line).
Base100T
If you're only interested in Base100T (ubiquitous), you can rewire those telephone lines to become ethernet lines without much work, provided the existing cables are CAT 5 or better. Check the outer sheath of the cable to determine what you have. If it is only CAT 3 then you are out of luck. You'll have to make a few concessions for that to work:
- You'll have to have a switch on your middle floor
- You're giving up your telephone lines (as they will be ethernet instead
The telephone wires in your house have 3 twisted pairs. Ethernet is usually ran with 4 twisted pair wires. However, for Base-T100, 2 of those twisted pair wires aren't used as only the orange and green are used for transmit and receive. The blue wires are used for Power Over Ethernet. From your pictures, you should be able to wire a RJ-45 Keystone Jack with all 3 pairs of your wire.
Basically, you'll need to take your orange, green, and blue wires and connect them to the terminal on your RJ-45 jack on each floor. On the middle floor, where you have 2 wires, you'll need 2 keystone jacks. Then, you'll need to put an ethernet switch in the middle floor and connect both the top and bottom floor (along with the middle floor). If you're only interested in connected the top and bottom floor, you can put in a small 6" patch cable to connect the top and bottom floors together. Obviously, you'll need to remove your telephone jacks to replace them with the RJ45 keystone jacks mentioned previously. While this solution isn't the fastest, it take minimum effort to get up and running.
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Base1000T
If you need to Base1000T, you're out of luck and will have to run new wires with CAT6 cabling. It's likely not that difficult depending on your house. It seems like these jacks are above each other in the same place on each floor. Thus, you could easily drop a cable down from the upper floor and run them all down to your bottom floor. If the cables are in different spots, it'll be more challenging. However, you could just cut a small hole in your wall and then you'll need to cut another small hole in your frame using a bit like this. It's not as bad as it seems - especially if there's already a wire you follow (ie: your telephone line).
Base100T
If you're only interested in Base100T (ubiquitous), you can rewire those telephone lines to become ethernet lines without much work, provided the existing cables are CAT 5 or better. Check the outer sheath of the cable to determine what you have. If it is only CAT 3 then you are out of luck. You'll have to make a few concessions for that to work:
- You'll have to have a switch on your middle floor
- You're giving up your telephone lines (as they will be ethernet instead
The telephone wires in your house have 3 twisted pairs. Ethernet is usually ran with 4 twisted pair wires. However, for Base-T100, 2 of those twisted pair wires aren't used as only the orange and green are used for transmit and receive. The blue wires are used for Power Over Ethernet. From your pictures, you should be able to wire a RJ-45 Keystone Jack with all 3 pairs of your wire.
Basically, you'll need to take your orange, green, and blue wires and connect them to the terminal on your RJ-45 jack on each floor. On the middle floor, where you have 2 wires, you'll need 2 keystone jacks. Then, you'll need to put an ethernet switch in the middle floor and connect both the top and bottom floor (along with the middle floor). If you're only interested in connected the top and bottom floor, you can put in a small 6" patch cable to connect the top and bottom floors together. Obviously, you'll need to remove your telephone jacks to replace them with the RJ45 keystone jacks mentioned previously. While this solution isn't the fastest, it take minimum effort to get up and running.
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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)?
– gozzilli
1 hour ago
1
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.
– technogeek1995
1 hour ago
"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.
– marcelm
1 hour ago
those cables aren't "CAT5 or better", because they are likely neither twisted, nor foiled, nor shielded.
– Martin Zeitler
47 mins ago
add a comment |
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)?
– gozzilli
1 hour ago
1
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.
– technogeek1995
1 hour ago
"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.
– marcelm
1 hour ago
those cables aren't "CAT5 or better", because they are likely neither twisted, nor foiled, nor shielded.
– Martin Zeitler
47 mins ago
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)?
– gozzilli
1 hour ago
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)?
– gozzilli
1 hour ago
1
1
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.
– technogeek1995
1 hour ago
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.
– technogeek1995
1 hour ago
"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.
– marcelm
1 hour ago
"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.
– marcelm
1 hour ago
those cables aren't "CAT5 or better", because they are likely neither twisted, nor foiled, nor shielded.
– Martin Zeitler
47 mins ago
those cables aren't "CAT5 or better", because they are likely neither twisted, nor foiled, nor shielded.
– Martin Zeitler
47 mins ago
add a comment |
I would inspect to see if the telephone cable is run in some type of conduit, but in UK that, sadly, is not always the case.
If you are lucky and it is in a conduit then I would use a cable puller and run cat 6 cable up to each floor.
If you are not lucky, then you could take the risk of disconnecting the telephone cable and using that to pull through two lines. One to put back the telephone cable and one to pull the cat 6 through.
add a comment |
I would inspect to see if the telephone cable is run in some type of conduit, but in UK that, sadly, is not always the case.
If you are lucky and it is in a conduit then I would use a cable puller and run cat 6 cable up to each floor.
If you are not lucky, then you could take the risk of disconnecting the telephone cable and using that to pull through two lines. One to put back the telephone cable and one to pull the cat 6 through.
add a comment |
I would inspect to see if the telephone cable is run in some type of conduit, but in UK that, sadly, is not always the case.
If you are lucky and it is in a conduit then I would use a cable puller and run cat 6 cable up to each floor.
If you are not lucky, then you could take the risk of disconnecting the telephone cable and using that to pull through two lines. One to put back the telephone cable and one to pull the cat 6 through.
I would inspect to see if the telephone cable is run in some type of conduit, but in UK that, sadly, is not always the case.
If you are lucky and it is in a conduit then I would use a cable puller and run cat 6 cable up to each floor.
If you are not lucky, then you could take the risk of disconnecting the telephone cable and using that to pull through two lines. One to put back the telephone cable and one to pull the cat 6 through.
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The cable type is almost certainly BT spec CW1308, 3 pairs would be normal for UK extension wiring.
It won't be to Cat5 or better spec, but over a short run and without external interference you will probably get 10MBs over it, maybe even 100MBs.
Cat3 (or similar) for 100 MB is often a big problem. If you can force it to 10 MB then it is great - and plenty fast enough for a lot of uses. But if you can't force it to 10 MB then it might bounce between 10 & 100 or run at 100 but with a lot of errors which can slow things down to worse than 10 MB. Easy fix would be a 10 MB switch in the middle location - if you can find one.
– manassehkatz
3 hours ago
@manassehkatz If the network card can do 10 Mbit/s in the first place, then there's usually a way to set it via software to force it to use only 10 Mbit/s, rather than to autosense the speed. Beware, both ends have to have the same setting or it won't work.
– a CVn
2 hours ago
add a comment |
The cable type is almost certainly BT spec CW1308, 3 pairs would be normal for UK extension wiring.
It won't be to Cat5 or better spec, but over a short run and without external interference you will probably get 10MBs over it, maybe even 100MBs.
Cat3 (or similar) for 100 MB is often a big problem. If you can force it to 10 MB then it is great - and plenty fast enough for a lot of uses. But if you can't force it to 10 MB then it might bounce between 10 & 100 or run at 100 but with a lot of errors which can slow things down to worse than 10 MB. Easy fix would be a 10 MB switch in the middle location - if you can find one.
– manassehkatz
3 hours ago
@manassehkatz If the network card can do 10 Mbit/s in the first place, then there's usually a way to set it via software to force it to use only 10 Mbit/s, rather than to autosense the speed. Beware, both ends have to have the same setting or it won't work.
– a CVn
2 hours ago
add a comment |
The cable type is almost certainly BT spec CW1308, 3 pairs would be normal for UK extension wiring.
It won't be to Cat5 or better spec, but over a short run and without external interference you will probably get 10MBs over it, maybe even 100MBs.
The cable type is almost certainly BT spec CW1308, 3 pairs would be normal for UK extension wiring.
It won't be to Cat5 or better spec, but over a short run and without external interference you will probably get 10MBs over it, maybe even 100MBs.
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Cat3 (or similar) for 100 MB is often a big problem. If you can force it to 10 MB then it is great - and plenty fast enough for a lot of uses. But if you can't force it to 10 MB then it might bounce between 10 & 100 or run at 100 but with a lot of errors which can slow things down to worse than 10 MB. Easy fix would be a 10 MB switch in the middle location - if you can find one.
– manassehkatz
3 hours ago
@manassehkatz If the network card can do 10 Mbit/s in the first place, then there's usually a way to set it via software to force it to use only 10 Mbit/s, rather than to autosense the speed. Beware, both ends have to have the same setting or it won't work.
– a CVn
2 hours ago
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Cat3 (or similar) for 100 MB is often a big problem. If you can force it to 10 MB then it is great - and plenty fast enough for a lot of uses. But if you can't force it to 10 MB then it might bounce between 10 & 100 or run at 100 but with a lot of errors which can slow things down to worse than 10 MB. Easy fix would be a 10 MB switch in the middle location - if you can find one.
– manassehkatz
3 hours ago
@manassehkatz If the network card can do 10 Mbit/s in the first place, then there's usually a way to set it via software to force it to use only 10 Mbit/s, rather than to autosense the speed. Beware, both ends have to have the same setting or it won't work.
– a CVn
2 hours ago
Cat3 (or similar) for 100 MB is often a big problem. If you can force it to 10 MB then it is great - and plenty fast enough for a lot of uses. But if you can't force it to 10 MB then it might bounce between 10 & 100 or run at 100 but with a lot of errors which can slow things down to worse than 10 MB. Easy fix would be a 10 MB switch in the middle location - if you can find one.
– manassehkatz
3 hours ago
Cat3 (or similar) for 100 MB is often a big problem. If you can force it to 10 MB then it is great - and plenty fast enough for a lot of uses. But if you can't force it to 10 MB then it might bounce between 10 & 100 or run at 100 but with a lot of errors which can slow things down to worse than 10 MB. Easy fix would be a 10 MB switch in the middle location - if you can find one.
– manassehkatz
3 hours ago
@manassehkatz If the network card can do 10 Mbit/s in the first place, then there's usually a way to set it via software to force it to use only 10 Mbit/s, rather than to autosense the speed. Beware, both ends have to have the same setting or it won't work.
– a CVn
2 hours ago
@manassehkatz If the network card can do 10 Mbit/s in the first place, then there's usually a way to set it via software to force it to use only 10 Mbit/s, rather than to autosense the speed. Beware, both ends have to have the same setting or it won't work.
– a CVn
2 hours ago
add a comment |
There are a) two adders missing and b) the wiring is likely not properly shielded.
Just pull the wires and replace with CAT7, including outlets with RJ-45 connectors.
With VoIP, the previous POTS line can be fully replaced.
New contributor
1 - What are "adders"? 2 - CAT7 is a bit much - CAT5e or 6 is plenty for most uses. As far as replacing POTS with VOIP, that is a non-trivial change that may or may not make sense in any particular situation.
– manassehkatz
35 mins ago
add a comment |
There are a) two adders missing and b) the wiring is likely not properly shielded.
Just pull the wires and replace with CAT7, including outlets with RJ-45 connectors.
With VoIP, the previous POTS line can be fully replaced.
New contributor
1 - What are "adders"? 2 - CAT7 is a bit much - CAT5e or 6 is plenty for most uses. As far as replacing POTS with VOIP, that is a non-trivial change that may or may not make sense in any particular situation.
– manassehkatz
35 mins ago
add a comment |
There are a) two adders missing and b) the wiring is likely not properly shielded.
Just pull the wires and replace with CAT7, including outlets with RJ-45 connectors.
With VoIP, the previous POTS line can be fully replaced.
New contributor
There are a) two adders missing and b) the wiring is likely not properly shielded.
Just pull the wires and replace with CAT7, including outlets with RJ-45 connectors.
With VoIP, the previous POTS line can be fully replaced.
New contributor
New contributor
answered 50 mins ago
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1 - What are "adders"? 2 - CAT7 is a bit much - CAT5e or 6 is plenty for most uses. As far as replacing POTS with VOIP, that is a non-trivial change that may or may not make sense in any particular situation.
– manassehkatz
35 mins ago
add a comment |
1 - What are "adders"? 2 - CAT7 is a bit much - CAT5e or 6 is plenty for most uses. As far as replacing POTS with VOIP, that is a non-trivial change that may or may not make sense in any particular situation.
– manassehkatz
35 mins ago
1 - What are "adders"? 2 - CAT7 is a bit much - CAT5e or 6 is plenty for most uses. As far as replacing POTS with VOIP, that is a non-trivial change that may or may not make sense in any particular situation.
– manassehkatz
35 mins ago
1 - What are "adders"? 2 - CAT7 is a bit much - CAT5e or 6 is plenty for most uses. As far as replacing POTS with VOIP, that is a non-trivial change that may or may not make sense in any particular situation.
– manassehkatz
35 mins ago
add a comment |
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