Re: [LUG] Cat5 and telephone cable

[Robin Cornelius <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 27 January 2004 17:31, Neil Williams wrote:
> Would there be a problem running Cat5 and telephone cable in the same
> trunking?
>
> I don't think the Cat5 is shielded - it's plain UTP according to the
> wrapper.
>
> I'm taking the Cat5 from upstairs to downstairs and the cables would be
> together for about 7-8 foot in total. The telephone cable will also be
> supporting ADSL in the office. The Cat5 itself would only be in use when I
> wanted to use internet access from downstairs.

Come and have a look at our factory, cat 5, telephone, 3 phase mains all 
following the same routing around the building, all over the place! and The 
network works fine.

No it shouldn't cause any problems  especialy over that distance. Twisted pair 
with differential transseivers is quite noise resilliant which is the whole 
point of the technology. It is (can be) better if you have a screen (STP) as 
this can help sheild from more electrostatic events but if implemented 
incorrectly can cause grounding loops that cause even bigger problems.

Regards

Robin

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