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Can CAT6 Cable Share Phone/100Mbit Ethernet?

JR (russet32@gmail.com)
9 Mar 2007 16:20:29 -0800

I currently have a CAT6 cable running from my hub to jack behind my
tv. Actually, there is an 8-pin jack by the hub and then one by the
tv with the CAT6 cable connecting the two. This allows me to have an
Ethernet connection behind the tv.

I am only using 100MBit and do not have a need to do Gigabit Ethernet
in this configuration.

What I would like to do is use the existing cable and have a phone
line run out behind the tv. I do not believe all 8 wires are used in
100 MBit Ethernet.

If this is technically doable, is there a "splitter" of shorts where I
can take the two 8-pin jacks I already have and split it into a phone
jack and then an Ethernet jack? Does Radio Shack or anyone sell
something like this?

I am willing to rewire it myself if needed. Any pointers or web sites
that discuss this? I searched around and found some things that might
help but nothing that directly describes how to do what I want to do.

Thanks in advance.

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