[ALUG] Ethernet and telephone cables

[Adam Bower]

On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 09:02:57PM +0000, Barry Samuels wrote:
> Does anyone know if it would be possible to use an existing internal 
> telephone cable as an ethernet cable by changing the faceplates on the 
> sockets?

You could try, you only need 2 pairs for ethernet (unless it is gigabit
ethernet) and it will "probably" work, but I doubt that the cable in
there would actually meet the specification of ethernet cable but you
could try. Also, you don't necessarily need to replace the faceplates if
you make some evil cables with whatever the telephone socket has on one
end and rj45 on the other.

Adam
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