Just make sure there is plenty of extra cable incase you need to reterminate the cable again later.
Jon On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Maglinger, Paul <[email protected]>wrote: > A quick Google tells me that the Toshiba Strategy isn’t VoIP phone. If > it’s a plain ol’ phone system and it ran on cat3, cat 6 will be just fine. > Overkill, but fine none-the-less. If you plan it out right, you’ll be in a > better position for VoIP when you get there. > > > > -Paul > > > > *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, October 19, 2009 2:39 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Recabling and office Expansion > > > > We're planning on expanding our offices, and at this time I've been asked > to come up with needs for the rest of the office. Since the plan is for us > to stay here another 10 years recabling is high on my list. > > > > I'd like to recable the office with Cat 6 everywhere, including phone > ports, but I'm unsure if the phones support Cat 6. We're using a Toshiba > Stratagy and will likely keep it based on my previous lack of success for > getting the owners to update. Can most older phone systems be run over Cat > 6 cabling (looks like we're running over Cat 3 now)? I'd ask our vendor but > he's a bit intractable. I'd like to have flexibility for future, should the > owners decide to change their mind. > > > > Thanks, > > Jonathan > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
