Trying to take the data output from my westell 327w modem to a new garage addition. The electrician put in about 80' of conventional eight strand wiring (not twisted) from the house to the garage and then put in cat5 from where this cable enters the garage to my computer location. This line coming from the house must also carry my phone connection. Can this be done, and if so, what colored wires get connected where. The electrician says he has done it this way successfully before. Maybe it works but is speed degraded since not cat5 all the way.
Looking at the image in the link below, your computer only uses the orange pair and the green pair. You could break out the blue pair and brown pair and actually run 2 separate phone lines through this cat5e cable also. For reference this image is shown with the end of the plug facing you. The only issue I see with this is to make sure you know which 4 wires you are using in the 12 wire cable and connect the orange pair and green pair to the same wires on both ends. (Do the same with the blue pair and brown pair for your phone line.) If you need any further assistance please feel free to contact me.
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Went out to look at the phone line cable. counter wrion, there are 12 wires.
1-orange
2-white
3-blue
4-white
5-gray
6-red
7-blue
8-white
9-green
10-white
11-white
12-brown
On the wire is:
GCC 010 2005 and PE-CO-AL-6/24
The cat 5 wire is 4 twisted pairs:
1-blue and blue/white
2-brown and brown/white
3-green and green/white
4-orange and orange/white
On the wire is written:
4 pr cat5E (ul) or c(ul) 5222804 24awc tested to 350 Mhz type cmr utp etl verified ansi/tia/eta 568a priority wire 0010ft
Thanks
Thank you for your input. Will try to find the time in the next couple of days and let you know how I make out.
Tom
Speed will definitely be degraded, possibly to the point of not working at all. But, it is possible to use the spare wires in your cat5 cable to carry a phone signal. The computer uses only 4 wires of the 8 in the cable. What are the colors of the wires in the cable ran by your electrician?
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