I believe 100 megs requires 2 pair and Gig requires all 4 pair in addition to certain quality measures.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Robert West" <robert.w...@just-micro.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 11:58 PM To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 > Phone line is twisted pair and normally 2 pair. Transmit and receive. > Can > easily do 100mbps. You could even get it to do gigabit with not much > effort. No PoE though, no pair for that. HOWEVER, the problems come from > the nasty connections everyone including the phone company has made. Most > phone line isn't "clean" like a network cable you would run. Who knows > where the hell the splices and rodent chewed ends are at and if they stick > with a common wiring scheme throughout the structure. If it was the best > option, you could at least test and give up quickly if it fell on its > face. > > There used to be some home networking nics that used the phone lines in > the > home and you could also use the phones with the things connected. That > was > in the late 1990's, early 2000. Some Gateway desktops came with them. I > never saw them used though. > > Bob- > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of RickG > Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:02 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 > > That would be great! But, I cant find anything on the net except > references > to the standard being 10Mbps: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_3_cable > Any examples? > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Kevin Neal <ke...@safelink.net> wrote: > >> With the right equipment I've heard of gigabit over rusted old barbwire! >> >> -Kevin >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 7:32 PM, RickG <rgunder...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > 100Mbps on cat 3? Really? >> > >> > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Forbes Mercy >> > <forbes.me...@wabroadband.com>wrote: >> > >> >> We currently run a Cat5 into the wall then put a jack into the house. >> >> My question is since you can get 100MB through a Cat3 which is the >> >> same >> >> as a phone line why can't we run the connection into their phone line? >> >> Most of our customers have cell phone only and their internal wiring >> >> is >> >> virtually unused. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Forbes >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- >> >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> >> >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- >> >> >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- >> > WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> > http://signup.wispa.org/ >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- >> > >> > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> > >> > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> > >> > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > >> >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
