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I
am not asking you for the answers but I would like to know if
you can suggest any web sites that I may find information about
the questions I asked above.
Thank you for your time.
A. This is a big question!
First of all, we are in the 'Information Age' and more and more
households are using the internet and have more than one computer.
Because of this, home networking is becoming commonplace and
it is a more efficient method of connecting two or three computers
to the internet over one phone line or DSL (Digital Subscriber
Line).
The main benefits of installing the cabling during construction
are the cost and ease of implementation. Cable is fairly inexpensive
and installing it during the building work is far easier than
trying to do it once the property is finished and decorated.
I get a lot of email from people all over the world who are
cabling their houses to connect PC's together, and hiding cables
in wall cavities or chasing out and re-plastering is not an
easy task for them, unlike most office environments where this
is not such an issue.
Another point worth raising is that residential cabling is not
just for connecting PC's together. 'Smart Houses' also use intelligent
devices such as alarm systems, refrigerators and heating/air
conditioning systems all of which can be networked to a controlling
PC or accessed via the Internet when you are away from home.
OK, you may be asking why would we need to? but it is starting
to happen. And, of course, the cabling system can also be used
for telephones, which makes adding an extension phone as simple
as plugging it in at the nearest cabling outlet and patching
it through at the panel.
I hope all this helps and here are a few websites for you to
look at:
http://www.smart-homes.nl/engels/index.html
http://www.smarthomeusa.com/overview/overview1.htm
http://www.smarthomeusa.com/x-10/what_is_a_smart_home.htm
http://www.jrf.org.uk/housingandcare/smarthomes/
And
in the interest of a balanced argument have a look at this page,
it's anti-technology but quite amusing.
http://www.contextmag.com/setFrameRedirect.asp?src=/archives/200012/TheGreatLie.asp
Using
pair 7 & 8 of a Cat 5 cable for a phone line?
Q.
I just found your URL and I have to say Thanks. Now i can send
others to the website instead of troubleshooting friends and
family on the phone. I wish there a URL like this when i was
in training.
I do have an issue that i need some epertise on.
I have 2 PCs at home. Basically a p2p net. 1 phone is in the
LR while the other one (my personal) is in a back room. The
kids get to use the one in the LR.
I do not have a telephone in the back room.
I made a cat5 jumper cable about 80 ' long w/ RJ-45 terminations
on both ends.
My Lynksys router is located above the LR pc. I have run the
jumper cable from the nic (pc) in the back room to the router
and have maintained an excellent connectivy rate since doing
so (2 months now).
Heres my question:
Can i install a DSL filter behind the router? This filter would
serve the purpose of utilizing a phone line connection.
I'm trying to get phone connectivity in the back room w/out
having to run another line.
I would have to split between two RJ-45 jacks in the back room.
One for Network and the other for the phone. The filter would
only serve the phone.
Thanks so much in advance. I'm not sure if you get questions
like this often, but you strike me as one who would know about
something like this.
A.
Thanks for your email . . . . an interesting question!
If I understand the problem correctly, you want to put an extension
phone line from your existing landline number into a room 80
feet away? Using an existing Cat 5 cable?
There are a number of options available:
1. The easiest way (which I have done in my house!) is to use
twin or triple pack digital cordless phones, put the base station
in the Living Room and just put the other phone in the Back
Room. No wiring required but if you have thick walls it may
not have the range.
2. Get an IP phone connected either through the PC or use a
small Ethernet switch locally in the back room and plug it into
that. Not sure about the setup with this method but it does
give you a second phone line with a separate number (I also
have this in my house, it came with the router!)
3. Get a cordless IP phone which plugs directly into the router.
Again, no wiring required but range may be an issue.
4. OK, last and most least preferred method, and one which I
wouldn't recommend unless absolutely necessary, is to use the
brown pair (pins 7 & 8) from the Cat 5 cable to extend the
phone line into the back room.
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