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Cable only uses 4 wires!
Name: aldo Date: June 18, 2003 at 15:55:02 Pacific OS: W98SE CPU/Ram: celeron 400 /128Mb
Comment:
Ethernet networking cable only uses 4 wires, 8 are available, then is it possible to make two links out of each cable??
Name: Zachary Date: June 18, 2003 at 16:16:56 Pacific
Reply:
there are 4 pair of wires and all 4 pairs are used so no you cant make two links out of them
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Response Number 2
Name: wizard-fred Date: June 18, 2003 at 16:47:49 Pacific
Reply:
Yes you can, but it is more trouble than its worth. The are some devices that use the extra pairs for power. A version of 10BT100 uses all 4 pairs. You can run telephone on the there other pairs. You have to split the signals out before they enter any other device that cannot handle them.
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Response Number 3
Name: ip256 Date: June 19, 2003 at 12:58:50 Pacific
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for short distance, why not if this is the only thing you have. The cooper Gbit uses 8 wires(I think, not sure), and Cisco Voice over IP phones use 8 because it feeds the power with the other wires.
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Response Number 4
Name: RFlagg Date: July 10, 2003 at 20:19:37 Pacific
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in theory it is possible and in a tight situation and you have no choice, yes you can do it, but..(you know there has to be a -but-) Long term it just isn't reliable, anything traveling over the wire will degrade fast either to noise or natural interferance/basic wiring hurdles. Voice traffic is tolerable, but faxes and data can be corrupt. It's just a cable run. Just my experience (and 2 cents) over the past ten years.
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