On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 09:18:01AM -0800, Beaker (aka Jeff W) wrote: > This appears to be the case: There was a nice picture of the hardware > tree at the bottom of the converter link previously provided by Tim. > There is a homePNA-Ethernet converter in each room, into which both the > phone & your laptop tap. Take a look at > > http://www.handlink.com.tw/eng/products/homepna/pec120/products_homepna_pec120.htm# > > Of course the converter isn't free, but you can then manage both the > telephones and internet connections through one medium, and - at least > on new construction - you could avoid having to wire for either or both > Ethernet and phone: a lot of wire.
Actually no. New phone cables are usually CAT-3 grade twisted pair for modems and FAXes in the walls, and you need two lines for each phone line. CAT-5e wiring has 8 conductors, but of these only 4 get used for 10/100 Ethernet. Plain CAT-5e cable can be used for Ethernet and two lines, and that grade of cable is available in 16 conductor form as well. You can easily run this to a phone and an Ethernet jack with wires to spare for future upgrades. -- Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Crazy in the coconut <Knghtbrd> glDisable (GL_BUGS); <Endy> heh <Endy> Is that in 1.2? :)
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