- Mar 17, 2005
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I have a single CAT5 line coming into my home office. When I first moved in, I used Wall plug adapters for data networking, and the Cat5 cable has been wired as a telco connection to support our fax machine (which we use maybe 3-5 times/yr).
The Power line networking is not reliable, and I want to reclaim the Cat5 cable to network back to our router (Long house that doesn' support wireless networking particulalry well).
Can I split the pairs in the Cat5 cable to use some of them for data and some for voice? should I give up the Fax function of my multi-purpose machine and look to IP fax for the few instances I need it? (though I tend to scan to PDF and email anyhow).
I think I'm answering my own question, but wanted to understand if I had enough pairs in the CAT5 cable to network. I doubt there will be interference given the relative infrequency of faxing, but I can see my wife demanding to send a fax the day after I disable fax capabilities (She has RADAR that works that way).
Hope this makes sense,
The Power line networking is not reliable, and I want to reclaim the Cat5 cable to network back to our router (Long house that doesn' support wireless networking particulalry well).
Can I split the pairs in the Cat5 cable to use some of them for data and some for voice? should I give up the Fax function of my multi-purpose machine and look to IP fax for the few instances I need it? (though I tend to scan to PDF and email anyhow).
I think I'm answering my own question, but wanted to understand if I had enough pairs in the CAT5 cable to network. I doubt there will be interference given the relative infrequency of faxing, but I can see my wife demanding to send a fax the day after I disable fax capabilities (She has RADAR that works that way).
Hope this makes sense,