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[LUG] using the spare pair in telephone cable for Ethernet



Has anyone actually done this?

 

I have a client with his office in the garden and I need to add Ethernet from the house to the office 9 metres way in his garden.  The office does not have line of sight with the house and I suspect wireless would be too expensive to get a decent result.  I am faced with digging his garden up to bury the cable.  However he does have two phone sockets and I have heard that the spare pair in the phone cable can be used for Ethernet.  It's something I have been meaning to test for ages but never got round to it.

 

Anyone care to comment?

 

 

Best Regards

Kelly Jones

Computer Consultant


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