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Cat6/Telephone

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MavMitchell:
Splitting is routinely done, although its not ideal as described above.
It is limited to 100Mbps and will interfere with DSL signals as indicated.

https://www.lanshack.com/QuickTreX-VoiceData-Splitter-Pair-P1564.aspx

edavid:
Not sure why people are bringing up DSL... it seems like a red herring since OP did not mention it.

Monkeh:

--- Quote from: edavid on February 03, 2019, 02:37:19 am ---Not sure why people are bringing up DSL... it seems like a red herring since OP did not mention it.

--- End quote ---

Because DSL is by far the most common way of getting online in the UK.

dave_k:

--- Quote from: Invader75 on February 02, 2019, 02:04:46 pm ---We've just had an annexe built. I supplied the Cat6 cable for the electrician to connect up. Just been down there and it appears he's connected it up as a phone line. 🤔

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Judging by the use of the blue and orange wire I wouldn't be using that electrician again if he cannot even identify what a "pair" is!  :palm:

Whales:

--- Quote from: Brumby on February 02, 2019, 11:17:32 pm --- You can buy phone cables with RJ45 on one end and RJ12 on the other.

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N.B. not necessary.  RJ12 cables will fit and click into RJ45 sockets just fine (as will a few other RJ variants).  They are also pin-compatible in that the middle 4 wires of ethernet RJ45's are arranged to match common phone connector use.   It's a clever design that in practice maintains compatibility.

If you plan to use RJ45 sockets for anything other than ethernet: label them to hell and keep them away from normal ethernet ones.  You don't want anyone blowing network cards (or worse) by plugging into a phone line.

+1 to the advice of not running phone lines in the same cable jacket as anything else that doesn't have lightning protection.  Ideally not even in the same bundle of cables.  If you are desperate then there might be some dedicated lighting arrestor devices you can permanently install, no idea how effective they are.

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