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Graham M · 06-06-2005, 16:22

You'd need some kind of exchange system to run phone cabling through a network switch as phones dont tend to have MAC addresses... When I did my work experience they could connect the CAT5 at the cable rack end to either a network switch or a telephone exchange, hence the adaptor, it is perfectly acceptable to run telephone over CAT5, maybe clearer voice etc, better for Modems and so on, but it needs to be terminated as telephone at the other end and not connected to a hub/switch.

06-06-2005, 16:22	#12
Graham M - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Poole, Dorset Age: 40 Services: FreeSat+ Tivo V-Box VM 60MBit Posts: 13,365	Re: Structured Cable You'd need some kind of exchange system to run phone cabling through a network switch as phones dont tend to have MAC addresses... When I did my work experience they could connect the CAT5 at the cable rack end to either a network switch or a telephone exchange, hence the adaptor, it is perfectly acceptable to run telephone over CAT5, maybe clearer voice etc, better for Modems and so on, but it needs to be terminated as telephone at the other end and not connected to a hub/switch.