Question by Alberto M: How do I install CAT6 to be used in home for Network and Phone?
I understand that CAT6 is becoming the new standard for wiring your home’s phone and internet system. I want to install a phone jack w/an Ethernet jack next to it in 4 different locations.
I have done a little research but I have some questions.
4 wires come into the house from the telephone company. Could I take these 4 wires that come in from the phone company and run them into 1 – RJ11 jack? I will then take this jack and plug a DSL filter on it and use some sort of splitter to take this one line and split it into 5 lines.
4 lines would go to one of each of the 4 phone locations while the last line would run into my DSL modem.
Take the output of the DSL modem and run into a router/hub then run Cat6 cables to each of these 4 locations.
Do I still need to place DSL filters at every phone location or does placing the DSL filter before the split prevent this?
Should I instead start this project over and run the 4 wires that come into the home into some wiring block? Run the CAT6 from this block and install 2 phone jacks in every location (4 wires to each RJ11)?
Is there a diagram on the net that will show you how to do all of this?
Best answer:
Answer by Tim W
You really only need the CAT 6 if your going to run an internal network in the house that needs 1Gbps speed. This means that you are doing something like a small to medium sized business that have a need to access a intranet web or sequel server. Otherwise, your kinda wasting your money.
If your going to use the CAT 5e or 6, you will want to use it for ONLY the computers. The connectivity will come to the house to the DSL modem and you will use the DSL filter there. It will then go to a router or switch. From the router / switch, you then run CAT 5e or 6 to the locations that you desire connectivity to.
You should run a separate line (of lesser quality) for the phones!
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yea, what the previous guy said.
Just a side note to add, the only difference between cat5 , e ,6 etc is the amount of crosstalk allowed, and depending on how old the wiring is…which pairs are crossed over. you can easily convert cat5 into gigabyte cable by cutting off the ends and crossing over the appropriate pairs ( the 3rd and 4th pairs? man its been a while ) then putting on new jacks.
However, I respectfully disagree with needing to run separate lines for the phones, especially for just home use.