How to take advantage of Phone Lines run with Cat5? My…
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How to take advantage of Phone Lines run with Cat5?
My house was built in the late 90s but surprisingly all the phone jacks throughout the house were run with CAT5. I want to take advantage of these; go so far as to crimp the cut cables in my basement, wired them into my switch, etc. However I had no idea _this_ https://i.imgur.com/C4xHoq4.jpeg is how one utilizes CAT5 for phone lines...by slicing the cable.
I don't have any intention of using these ports for computers or anything like that. I need these for PoE Zigbee routers I'd like to place around my house and it would be HUGELY beneficial to take advantage of that. But it would be nice to have all the ports available so I can 1) see which location is best for my first router and 2) add more in the future.
Is this even possible or should I be printing 1 gang blanks instead of 1 gang keystones and calling it a wash.
#diy
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My house was built in the late 90s but surprisingly all the phone jacks throughout the house were run with CAT5. I want to take advantage of these; go so far as to crimp the cut cables in my basement, wired them into my switch, etc. However I had no idea _this_ https://i.imgur.com/C4xHoq4.jpeg is how one utilizes CAT5 for phone lines...by slicing the cable.
I don't have any intention of using these ports for computers or anything like that. I need these for PoE Zigbee routers I'd like to place around my house and it would be HUGELY beneficial to take advantage of that. But it would be nice to have all the ports available so I can 1) see which location is best for my first router and 2) add more in the future.
Is this even possible or should I be printing 1 gang blanks instead of 1 gang keystones and calling it a wash.
#diy
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