[Gllug] Ethernet crossover wiring

Ryan Cartwright ryan at crimperman.org
Mon Feb 27 10:17:16 UTC 2006


Russell Howe wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 07:04:22PM +0000, Matthew King wrote:
> 
>>Well I guess this answers the question I never got around to asking of
>>whether I should use one cable for both phone and ethernet connections.
>>
>>I'm quite glad now that it was an option I never seriously entertained.
> 
> 
> FYI, we do this at work with no problems at all. The telephones are
> digital though, so I don't know if the wiring is different to your
> 'standard' telephone wiring...
> 

I should have mentioned that the phones in question were analogue ones - 
wiring as described by Chris. We also had digital phones on the same 
network which did not require all that re-wiring/soldering. :o)

Fortunately the place I am in now uses digital phones and "standard" 
CAT-5 cabling :o).

Ryan

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