Ethernet Through 4 Twisted Pairs of Phone Wire?

hillbilly1 said:
Hardly anybody runs cat 5e now, it’s mostly cat 6 or fiber. If you use cat 6, be sure you get cat 6 jacks and patch panels (if needed). The hooks are also known as “ bridal rings”.
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CAT 5e is all they will ever need. Don't fall for the CAT cult propaganda and save yourself some money in both the cable and hardware.

Bridal rings are a little different.

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-Hal
 
Joethemechanic said:
Could I just extend their fiber drop with this stuff and move everything to the office? Including their demarc/modem?
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Doubtful the connectors are compatible. However, I was going to suggest that you have them relocate the outside drop to the opposite side of the building where the office is. But I thought you were only interested in APs.

-Hal
 
hbiss said:
Doubtful the connectors are compatible. However, I was going to suggest that you have them relocate the outside drop to the opposite side of the building where the office is. But I thought you were only interested in APs.

-Hal
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Where that red line is on the right side of the building is the existing telco drop. My building is like 5 feet off the property line on that side and it's a bit of an embankment where the grass is, so there is no traffic under the drop.

Right where the service is is an interior cinder block wall running front to back. The windows are the office.
 
hbiss said:
Where the black pickup is parked? Ok, what does the inside look like? That front wall in particular.

-Hal
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To the right of the service mast is bare cinder block. To the left of the mast is cinder block covered in 80's paneling. 2 stories, 4 rooms and an entryway
 
hbiss said:
CAT 5e is all they will ever need. Don't fall for the CAT cult propaganda and save yourself some money in both the cable and hardware.
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I am not an expert but I'd tend to agree, I worked on a project where it called out shielded cat 6 or something exotic and we pulled in plenum cat5e , as it was a plenum and for some reason all we could get with plenum rating was 5e, the I.T. project management person just shrugged and say that was fine.
 
hillbilly1 said:
I know, but I’m saying that’s what most IT guys want as a general rule.
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Sure, they want the latest and bestest. Why stop there. CAT 7 is available and they'll want that as soon as they can figure it out. Then there is CAT 8... then there is fiber. I've been calling for homes to be "wired" with fiber for years and I've only seen one- that was never used.

I defy any typical user to see the difference in their network between CAT5e and even fiber.

-Hal
 
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