Running ethernet over extra phone line?

[nxt117]

My house is wired for two phone lines, but I only use 1 (for phone and DSL). I remember I saw a tutorial about running ethernet over an nextra phone line somewhere. Basically just splicing the RJ45 into the phone line.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? I can't find it anywhere - thanks.

 

[JackMDS]

Splicing I am not sure.

Crazy Glue, may be.

 

[amdskip]

It may be possible but I don't believe it is.

 

[postapub]

www.gamefaqs.com in the Pc message board had a way you could have 2 pc's in differant rooms, search that forum you may find what your looking for.

 

[ProviaFan]

I don't think it can be done because phone lines are not rated as high for frequency (?) as Cat5e that is used for ethernet. Maybe ScottMac or one of the other networking gurus can clarify this for us.

 

[bsobel]

If your house is wired for CAT5 phone lines (many newer ones are), then you can pull this off but may experience a higher than normal error rate (but for home use it might be fine). I would up duplexing two 100mb connections over 1 cat5 into the home office onto the wall where I hadn't thought to put 3 runs (I had 2 put needed an extra).

Another option if your house doesn't have cat5 is home phone line networking (HomePNA), works well at about 10mbit, great for surfing and lite file sharing.

Bill