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cat 6 for DSL

Master_Pain

Master_Pain

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I am running cat 6 instead of phone line from phone to modem. I need to crimp on a phone jack tip to the end of the cat 6, which wires should I crimp it on to? (This is for DSL.)
 
Well, I see no reason to run cat 6 for voice, because phone lines are run on cat-nothing cable for miles in the outside plant, and a few feet of highly twisted wire will make no difference in your speeds. That being said, the first pair of wires (white/blue and blue) is what you need to crimp your plug on.
Jeff
 
I guess it really all depends on where you are running it from, but as long as you use the same 2 wires on both ends it don't matter, just be sure to use the middle 2 pins on the ends
 
jeffmoss26 said:
Well, I see no reason to run cat 6 for voice, because phone lines are run on cat-nothing cable for miles in the outside plant, and a few feet of highly twisted wire will make no difference in your speeds. That being said, the first pair of wires (white/blue and blue) is what you need to crimp your plug on.
Jeff
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When we built our house 3 yrs ago i had lan cabling to all the bedrooms, living room & study. They used the cat6 for the voice runs also. they said its cheaper to use same cable type instead of purchasing both cat6 & cat1. made sense.
 
K1llaB said:
When we built our house 3 yrs ago i had lan cabling to all the bedrooms, living room & study. They used the cat6 for the voice runs also. they said its cheaper to use same cable type instead of purchasing both cat6 & cat1. made sense.
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Well yea, that way you can always upgrade each terminal but if you have regular phone wire laying around don't waste the cat6 if it's an easy run.
 
ok, I have 2 wires crimped to each side for line one, so four wires for line 1, the inside 2 ports on the phone plug. Now I just have to go outside to the garage and hook up the other side the same way and hope it works :p
 
The Blue and White blue because then if any one ever connects one end into a NIC on a switch or computer or something while the other end is still connected to the phone line it will not fry the NIC.

Less of a concern when you are putting connectors on each end...more of a concern if you put a wall jack on the end.
 
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