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

[Peter Walker <peter.walker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kelly Jones wrote:

> 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?
>
> **

Check out HomePNA. That should do what you want. I've never used it so I 
can't say whether it is any good or not.

Pete

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