>on 7/28/01 3:03 PM, Clark Martin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>> Is it true that RJ-11 cables from phonenet adapters can be plugged into a
>>> standard telephone jack on the wall of a house in order to connect Macs in
>>> different rooms or on different floors? I was recently contacted by a
>>>family
>>> who has five Macs in their house; two on the ground floor, two
>>>upstairs, and
>>> one in the basement. They want to network them for file and print sharing.
>>> Now, I am not going to undertake this project if I have to go poking around
>>> with the wiring of their house, but if localtalk can go through the phone
>>> lines in the house, I'll do it. Thanks!
>>
>> It uses the second line connections of an RJ-11, pins 2 & 5. The phone
>> uses pins 3 & 4. If the house was wired for two phone lines then you might
>> be set, more or less. If it is wired for more than one line make sure the
>> line you use for LocalTalk is disconnected at the demarcation point
>> (demarc) where the phone lines from the pole are hooked up to the household
>> lines.
>
>What is the demarcation point? You mean disconnet the phone line that
>they're using from localtalk so that there's no chance of it getting any
>telephone traffic? Where would I find this demarc?
It's the box, often located on the outside of the house, where the line
from the pole is connected. It's where the phone company's responsibility
ends and the building owner's begins.
--
Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
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