Hi Guys Also you need to have an open cablers lic to be able to do cabling now days. I think from memory it is min $10,000 fine for doing cabling with out a license. (Mind you certain cabling like running it on the floor is alright but in roof and making points etc you need to be licensed)
-- Regards, Michael On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, James Gray wrote: > Edwin Humphries wrote: > > We're quoting a building that has Cat5E phone cabling and no data cabling. > > Does anyone have experience with splitting the Cat5E to carry both voice and > > data? > > > > Regards, > > Edwin Humphries, Managing Director > > Eh? Cat5E IS data cable....unless you mean "they" used Cat5E cable then > hooked it up to the PBX/ISDN/PSTN etc....talk about a waste of $$$! > Voice requires very basic cable, (if it were a car, it would be a combi > van), whereas Ethernet has much higher requirements (say, Lexus > standard...not quite European exotica). > > There arn't any major electrical hassles; the voice shouldn't > significantly interfere with 10/100Mbps Ethernet. Of course using > standard single-pair voice on Cat5E as well as data, is certainly NOT > standard. Standard Ethernet only uses 2 pair, and Cat5/5E has 4 pair, > so "theoretically" you've got 2 pair "spare". In reality, you don't > becuase those spare wires are often used for inline power etc. > > Then there's the whole Austel approval mess you'll create if you wire > your single-pair voice in with your Ethernet over Cat3/5/5E. Basically > you can be fined, big time if it ever touches a public phone network > (even with a PBX in between). > > Just run a proper VoIP solution (H323 et al), go WiFi for your data, or > rewire the office. I don't know how much cable is in the walls, but you > MIGHT have enough the separate the voice and data into pysically > separate Cat5E cable runs. As longs as one blue cable ONLY carries > voice and another blue cable ONLY carries data, Austel approval wont be > an issue. > > HTH. > > -- James > (I used to be a data cabler in another life) > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
