CAT5 wire (phone & network)

[Poncho]

Hello:

Read through some history and believe have a much better understanding.
Great group! We are building a new house and want to wire it up while the
studs are still exposed. Want to verify a couple questions.

A regular phone can work on cat5, but only needs 1 of the 4 twisted pair
wire (ie-2 of the eight wires?)

An ethernet network connection needs all 4 of the 4 twisted pair in a CAT5?
Is this why you cannot use one CAT5 for both network and phone, or is it
because of interference inside the outter wire jacket?

Can you daisy-wheel a regular phone on CAT5 cable? Example:

Source ------ Wall Jack -------- Wall Jack ------- Wall Jack

Are there any limits on this? Is a special jack needed, or is it just like
running multiple power receptacles on one circuit? Or, do you have to
"home-run" each room (wall jack) back to your source? Both possible?
Pro's/con's?

Ethernet networking requires each wall jack to home-run back to your source
vs. daisy-wheel; correct? At the source what is the difference between
having a router or a hub or a patch-panel? Is a patch panel a router or hub
built into a wall panel like the one you can buy at Home Depot?

Thanks for your advice! This stuff is so exciting I'm getting the itch to
wire our old house!

[David N. Clyde, Jr.]

100BaseT uses only two of the four pair (1, 2, 3, 6). Splitting the pairs
is perfectly acceptable, however, it is not per standard. I have had
occasions in my career where I split the pairs in order to provide two
network connections with one physical wire. Again, it is not the standard
but it will work. The main issue is that you maintain the integrety of the
pairs and both terminated ends maintain the same color (pair) standard in
order to maintain the "straight through" connection. You can use the orange
and green pair for one connection and the blue and brown pair for another.

Again, I wouldn't recommend this since it is not the industry standard but
it will work.

I hope this helps.

Dave Clyde

"Poncho" <native_texan_03@yahoo00.com> wrote in message
news:dAL1b.299$9W4.203789427@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com... Hello: Read through some history and believe have a much better understanding. Great group! We are building a new house and want to wire it up while the studs are still exposed. Want to verify a couple questions. A regular phone can work on cat5, but only needs 1 of the 4 twisted pair wire (ie-2 of the eight wires?) An ethernet network connection needs all 4 of the 4 twisted pair in a
CAT5? Is this why you cannot use one CAT5 for both network and phone, or is it because of interference inside the outter wire jacket? Can you daisy-wheel a regular phone on CAT5 cable? Example: Source ------ Wall Jack -------- Wall Jack ------- Wall Jack Are there any limits on this? Is a special jack needed, or is it just like running multiple power receptacles on one circuit? Or, do you have to "home-run" each room (wall jack) back to your source? Both possible? Pro's/con's? Ethernet networking requires each wall jack to home-run back to your
source vs. daisy-wheel; correct? At the source what is the difference between having a router or a hub or a patch-panel? Is a patch panel a router or
hub built into a wall panel like the one you can buy at Home Depot? Thanks for your advice! This stuff is so exciting I'm getting the itch to wire our old house!