Re: Second Phone Socket

galwaydude18

Does anyone know how to add a second phone socket using cat5 cable?

galwaydude18

Please Somebody Must Know How To Do This!!!!

tk123

you can get a splitter box in places like maplins so you have 1 line going in and the box I have lets you have 5 lines going out of the box then you just need to wire up the socket and screw it to the wall.. the socet and box will have instructions to tell you how to wire them..

secret_squirrel

Why cat 5 cable whats wrong with normal phone cable?? why are you making life harder for yourself?

galwaydude18

its just that i have a 1000feet of cat5 cable!! i have been told it can be done with cat5 cable but i cant remember who told me!! i have the keystone jacks and the surface wall plates for it but i just need someone to tell me how to wire it all up! PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP ME!!!!!! PLEAS??????????

Inspector Gadget

Considering the fact that a phone line consists of two wires, it should be relatively straightforward... have you had a look at the one that's already installed and working?

Gadget

galwaydude18

do you know how to add a second phone socket using cat5 cable? i have a 1000 feet of the stuff!!!

galwaydude18

Hey inspector gadget do you know how to wire up this?

galwaydude18

Can Someone Out There Please Tell Me How To Do This? Please!!!!!!!!!!!

tk123

galwaydude18 wrote:

Can Someone Out There Please Tell Me How To Do This? Please!!!!!!!!!!!

Awww sorry galwaydude i was really busy all day so I wasn't on boards - i'll find out for you tomorrow from one of our telecomms dudes- shouldn't be too hard cos i work in the IT of a call centre!!

blorg

galwaydude18 wrote:

Can Someone Out There Please Tell Me How To Do This? Please!!!!!!!!!!!

As gadget says, a phone line consists of only two wires, and there is no reason that I am aware of why you couldn't run it over cat5, you'd just only use two of the wires - preferably one of the twisted pairs. So just pick a pair; this will likely be one coloured one and one white one, wrapped around each other. You can then open up an existing phone socket, which should have two wires going in, and run from there. This has worked for me in any case. At the other end, you just make sure you stick the same coloured wires into your new socket.

If you really want to be clever you could look up on google which wires are used in ethernet (I think it's only four out of eight) and make sure not to use these. This would let you run ethernet over the same cable later.

galwaydude18

Hey guys tanx for all you information! it was much greatly appreciated! i have just successfully installed a second phone socket in the room where my pc is. This means that i no longer have to fiddle behind the tv trying to get my pc to connect to the net! THANKS GUYS!!!!!!!!!1

BigEejit

galwaydude18 wrote:

Can Someone Out There Please Tell Me How To Do This? Please!!!!!!!!!!!

If you wanted to be fancy schmancy you could get network faceplates (RJ45) and backboxes and connect all wires (search google for gigabit wiring or similar) and at a later date you could connect two computers using a crossover patch lead at one end to get a 1000Mbps (properly configured gigabit NICs allowing) connection using that cable

The RJ11 phone connector will fit into the RJ45 socket without damaging the outside 2 pins...... you'll just need patch phone cords to connect it all up

There is plenty of phonelines all over the place that are flat (i.e. not twisted pairs) so I wouldnt worry about that

galwaydude18

Hey BigEejit have you ever done this? i would like to know if you have and how you did it! i have the network faceplates and all the other bits and pieces if you could guide me on how to do this! your help and information would be much appreciated!!!

BigEejit

galwaydude18 wrote:

Hey BigEejit have you ever done this? i would like to know if you have and how you did it! i have the network faceplates and all the other bits and pieces if you could guide me on how to do this! your help and information would be much appreciated!!!

Wiring those faceplates is a doddle ... just push the wires down through the little V it will cut the plastic and make an eletrical connection with the wire.... as for the colour coding ... put "wiring rj45" into google, check out the first link.
10baseT, 100baseT and higher work because the wires are twisted, this cancels out crosstalk between transmitting wires ... if you straighten out too much of these pairs at the RJ45 faceplate (or connector if you are rolling your own patch leads) the connection will lose this immunity and you will connect at a much lower speed if at all.... other than that its foolproof .... I'd recommend that you dont bother making your own RJ45 patch leads (unless you are making a heap of them, between the cost of the tool and getting the RJ45 connectors itself, it works out cheaper to get them in a shop