Category: Home Networking

Coaxial is highly shielded, thus allowing them to carry signals at longer distances or bigger multiple-floor networks even though they have a lower speed potential compared to Ethernet cables. How Read more

Learn how to turn your phone jack into an ethernet port in 3 minutes. Can I convert my phone jack to Ethernet? A telephone line must be plugged into the Read more

You don’t need a phone line in order to get Internet service. In fact, most cable companies offer Internet service by hooking up the coaxial cable line to a special Read more

You will need some twisted-pair Ethernet cable, some RJ45 jacks, and one DSL filter for each telephone. Your voice lines and Internet connection share the same cables. You can put Read more

In the USA, the most common form of internet access is provided by DSL, which uses an RJ11 connection, so it can work over a phone jack. If you have Read more

Phone jacks are a little bit smaller than an ethernet port; this shape helps identify the right jack quickly; because ethernet ports are a little bit wider, it’s impossible to Read more

CAT5 cable has four separate twisted pairs. Use the two wires in one of those pairs for your telephone connection. 10/100 base T Ethernet uses the green and orange pairs, Read more

First of all: Yes you can, but it won’t make you happy. 10Mbit/s Ethernet uses 2 pairs and works quite well over short distances with the kind of cable shown, Read more

Phone Cables – What’s the Difference? Ethernet and telephone cables look fairly similar and it is not uncommon to get the two mixed up. The key difference between the two Read more

Yes you can connect to the internet through a phone jack. In fact most people used to connect to the internet via DSL and dial-up which often has a telephone Read more