On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Scott Lambert wrote: > RJ11 plugs work in RJ45 jacks most of the time.
Yuck! I was told, and I have verified, that when RJ11 goes into RJ45, it overbends pin 1 and 8 contact wires so they don't "relax" back to their original form. This happens because there is no "slot" in an RJ11 connector for those contacts, so the plastic bends those wires much more than the others. This causes loss of contact pressure when a real RJ45 plug is inserted. You can tell when this happens by looking at an empty RJ45 socket. If pins 1 and 8 don't line up with the others, someone has plugged in an RJ11 into it. Sounds like a way to have flakey RJ45 jacks all over the place, and ethernet does use pin 1! This must be a FAQ somewhere... -- Mike Ciholas (812) 476-2721 voice CIHOLAS Enterprises (812) 476-2881 fax 2626 Kotter Ave, Unit D [EMAIL PROTECTED] Evansville, IN 47715 http://www.ciholas.com _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
