wireless
05-22-2021, 06:48 PM
I have Telus fibre installed at my house for internet and Optik TV, but am still on copper for home phone. I have a question about feasibility to use some existing in-wall ethernet cable to connect the ONT to my house telephone wiring. Basic problem: there is no telephone wiring or RJ11 jacks anywhere near the ONT.
background:
Telus fibre comes through an outside wall into my main floor living room (front of house) where it's connected to a Nokia Alcatel-Lucent ONT, which in turn is connected to an Actiontec T3200 to provide internet and Optik TV to the house. Next to the ONT and router there is a single RJ45 ethernet wall jack - one of the router's LAN outputs is connected to the RJ45 jack and its cable goes to a basement wiring closet connecting to a switch and other devices on my network.
Meanwhile in that basement wiring closet is a panel where all the telephone wiring from all over the house terminates and connects to the incoming copper telephone wires.
In the living room there are NO telephone jacks anywhere near the router or ONT. There is no easy direct path to route a new telephone wire from main floor living room ONT to the basement wiring closet. All walls and ceilings are finished and I do not want to drill any holes. But there is that one in-use ethernet jack that goes between living room and basement wiring closet.
So my question:
Can that single RJ45 ethernet jack be reconfigured using the existing in-wall cabling to instead provide 1 RJ11 telephone line + 1 RJ45 ethernet connection and fit behind a standard single wall plate? Is that something that a Telus installer can/will do?
I believe a standard ethernet cable contains 4 pairs, but only normally uses 2 pairs for data, correct? so can a spare pair be wired for telephone? I believe I've seen pictures of combo wall plates with one RJ11 and one RJ45 on same plate so I'm hoping rewiring a single ethernet cable would work for this.
More... (https://forum.telus.com/t5/Internet-Home-Phone/Switching-home-phone-from-copper-to-fibre-installation-question/m-p/118850#M29321)
background:
Telus fibre comes through an outside wall into my main floor living room (front of house) where it's connected to a Nokia Alcatel-Lucent ONT, which in turn is connected to an Actiontec T3200 to provide internet and Optik TV to the house. Next to the ONT and router there is a single RJ45 ethernet wall jack - one of the router's LAN outputs is connected to the RJ45 jack and its cable goes to a basement wiring closet connecting to a switch and other devices on my network.
Meanwhile in that basement wiring closet is a panel where all the telephone wiring from all over the house terminates and connects to the incoming copper telephone wires.
In the living room there are NO telephone jacks anywhere near the router or ONT. There is no easy direct path to route a new telephone wire from main floor living room ONT to the basement wiring closet. All walls and ceilings are finished and I do not want to drill any holes. But there is that one in-use ethernet jack that goes between living room and basement wiring closet.
So my question:
Can that single RJ45 ethernet jack be reconfigured using the existing in-wall cabling to instead provide 1 RJ11 telephone line + 1 RJ45 ethernet connection and fit behind a standard single wall plate? Is that something that a Telus installer can/will do?
I believe a standard ethernet cable contains 4 pairs, but only normally uses 2 pairs for data, correct? so can a spare pair be wired for telephone? I believe I've seen pictures of combo wall plates with one RJ11 and one RJ45 on same plate so I'm hoping rewiring a single ethernet cable would work for this.
More... (https://forum.telus.com/t5/Internet-Home-Phone/Switching-home-phone-from-copper-to-fibre-installation-question/m-p/118850#M29321)