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Posted by Reed on October 15, 2006, 10:16 pm
Bob Vaughan wrote:
>
>>RJ-45 is for network (ie ethernet), RJ-11 is for telephones. You are not
>>going to hook your telephone to the network. You are going to hook your
>>voip phone adapter or voip router to the network ( via an RJ-45 connector )
>>and then hook your telephone to the voip adapters' RJ-11 telephone port.
>>
>
>
> Incorrect.
>
> RJ-45 is for a dedicated single pair data circuit, and has nothing to do
> with ethernet.
>
> The connectors themselves do not have any RJ designations until they are
> wired for a specific telephone application, as originally defined in
> 47 CFR 68.502.
>
> The only exceptions might be jacks for alarm applications complying with
> RJ-31X or RJ-38X, which have shorting bars, making them difficult to use
> for other applications.
>
> Ethernet and Token Ring do not have any RJ designation.
>
>
>
>
The confirmed number of people in the known universe who are offended at
the LAN world's usurpation of the RJ-XX terminology now stands at 2. Me
and Bob.
Keep up the good fight Bob. We shall overcome someday.
Now, about the word "modem"; but ... that's another fight for another day
--Reed (old modem jockey)
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