RE: Help on CAT 5 Voice and Data

["Steve Gordon" <steve.gordonsolutions@xxxxxxx>]

Alex,

Thanks a lot I look forward to it.

Cheers
Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: alexpd [mailto:alexpd@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 08 January 2001 19:23
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Help on CAT 5 Voice and Data


Steve,

I have finally jsut managed to get my phones running over my cat 5
throughthe house!

It took ages to sort out the BT to cat5 colours etc. I will try to write
up.. but remind me if you do not hear from me soon!

Regards

Alex Durkin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Gordon" <steve.gordonsolutions@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 11:17 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Help on CAT 5 Voice and Data


> Thanks for everybody's input into this one. I will try to get hold of
the
> book.
>
> The detail of it is that I'm about to move house and I understand
about
the
> cable running and terminations but, what I'm a little confused with is
the
> patch panel end.
>
> Example:
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> My understanding is that if all my Cat 5 ports are wired back to a
patch
> panel somewhere I can use such devices as mod taps on the phone
appliance
> end to allow standard phones to connect in to the RJ45's. How do I
connect
> at the patch panel end? My guess is that I need to dedicate one patch
panel
> to Phone/Voice and daisy chain the line connection across and simply
patch
> to a hub for data connections.
>
> Does this sound correct?
>
> Thanks again Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nigel@xxxxxxx
> [mailto:nigel@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 03 January 2001 19:15
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Help on CAT 5 Voice and Data
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> On 03-Jan-2001 Steve Gordon wrote:
> > I'm looking to improve my insufficient knowledge of networking
> > using CAT5
> > for both voice and data.
>
> When you say voice, do you mean VoIP or analogue audio signals
> connected directly to cat5.  What in particular do you need to know
> about?  In my experience, analogue wiring over cat5 is a case of
> connect it up and apply various 'tricks' to reduce hum and other
> interference, networking is a case of connect it up and set up a
> couple of settings on the PCs (IP address etc)- so I presume you want
> some more detailed info?
>
> Is it about how to plan a network, maximum cable lengths, how to pull
> cables through walls, or software setup?
>
> Nigel
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