Re: Cat5 cabling

["sh33pdip" <rjl@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks Matthew, that's what I thought.

Is there any standard for the configuration of the colours/pins (for
the baluns)?

Rob

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Matthew Norman" <mafiu@n...> wrote:
> I cut the bt phone plug off the end of an old phone and crimped a
RJ45 on
> the spare end.  I used the 4 middle conductors of the rj45 and
this was
> compatible with the phone baluns (rj45 to phone socket) that I had
aquired.
>
> The phone wire core was not solid, and so should not technically be
> compatible with the rj45 IDC connectors, but its worked for about
a year
> now, apart from the time that I accidently patched my ethernet
segment into
> bt and the phones stopped working.....(!)
>
> Matthew
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sh33pdip" <rjl@s...>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 5:58 PM
> Subject: [ukha_d] Cat5 cabling
>
>
> > Still a newbie but I've just done some cat5 cabling of the ground
> > floor of my house and have a couple of questions: -
> >
> > 1 - where can I buy the flat stranded cat5 cable from, and
> > 2 - how do I connect the BT master socket to the RJ45 sockets?
I've
> > found the adapters for phone to RJ45 (but don't quite understand
the
> > difference between a master line adapter and a secondary one) but
> > not one that has the BT plug on one ens and an RJ45 on the other
(or
> > am I just being thick trying to do this?)
> >
> > Any assistance would be much appreciated,
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
> >
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