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simon67

Member Since: 18 Jun 2015
Location: west sussex
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I work for Openreach, PM me your number and I will call you next week
Sure one of our lot will have an idea

22nd Apr 2016 6:23pm

tonyhedge

Member Since: 07 Jul 2015
Location: Worcestershire
Posts: 101

2014 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 SW Montalcino Red

Not sure if this helps - I've lost track of whether we you have an uncommitted CAT5 to play with:

http://www.britishtelephones.com/rj45.htm

If you do, you need what is usually termed a BT to RJ45 balun at each end.

Good luck! That's not a dent, it's a rivet. That's not a dent, it's a rivet. That's not ... oh! That is a dent!

2014 90 XS SW
1997 Discovery 300TdiS (retired to stud)
1966 Series IIA 88" (now my son's)
2001 Astra - I need something to go and buy the parts when the others are off the road!

22nd Apr 2016 8:40pm

Cupboard

Member Since: 21 Mar 2014
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 2971

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 HT Corris Grey

Can you draw a picture, I'm getting my head in a twist

Vonage: we have a Vonage line as our second at work and it's generally good. Use the Extensions app on my phone so I can my "landline" phone calls anywhere I have a data connection. The problem is the app is a bit buggy, so today I answered a Vonage call on my phone, it connected me to the caller but kept on ringing which meant I couldn't actually talk to her.

The biggest bugbear with Vonage is when we lose the internet connection, then every five minutes you get a phone call from the Vonage box saying "The Vonage device could not connect to the Vonage network" or words to that effect. It's annoying enough during the day, but if it goes off in the middle of the night my boss has to get up and unplug it because otherwise it keeps him awake. I've spoken to Vonage tech support about it and they alternate between saying "our box doesn't do that, it's not possible" and "what phone are you using with it, it must be the phone". In reality, it's one of the two lines feeding our switchboard so we've got loads of phones that it rings.

22nd Apr 2016 10:27pm

Snowy90

Member Since: 23 Feb 2015
Location: Surrey
Posts: 482

2008 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Fuji White

OK so phase 1 complete I used a Powerline adapter as stated which has freed up the only CAt5 that was under the floor (to recap all T&G OAK across the whole ground floor so cannot be lifted)

These adapters seem to work great.

SO Phase 2 is to connect up my BT socket at the front of the house to the existing CAT5 I need a BT phone cable to Ethernet ( RJ45 femail) connector. Anyone know a good supplier of these Ethernet to BT cable connectors? I guess ebay is probably an option.

Then the same at the other end by the TV and then its a home run with a straight BT cable down to the bottom of the Garden!!!!!

9th May 2016 11:25am

tonyhedge

Member Since: 07 Jul 2015
Location: Worcestershire
Posts: 101

Hi Snowy

I'm pretty sure these are what you need (but please don't blame me if they aren't)!

http://cpc.farnell.com/pro-signal/31070r/r...dp/TE05859

Hope it helps That's not a dent, it's a rivet. That's not a dent, it's a rivet. That's not ... oh! That is a dent!

2014 90 XS SW
1997 Discovery 300TdiS (retired to stud)
1966 Series IIA 88" (now my son's)
2001 Astra - I need something to go and buy the parts when the others are off the road!

9th May 2016 11:31am

Snowy90

Member Since: 23 Feb 2015
Location: Surrey
Posts: 482

That's certainly along the right lines to come from the wall BT socket to join the RJ45 network cable, I am going to take a look at their site.

I either need

1) male BT cable fitting- run of BT cable- Femail RJ45 to connect to my network cable under the floor OR
2) and adapter to fit into the BT cable wall socket to convert it straight to RJ45- then run of network cable- then a way of joining 2 male RJ45 connectors together.

I would prefer option 1 as thinner cable to hide.

9th May 2016 1:12pm

excossack

Member Since: 22 Feb 2012
Location: North West
Posts: 5884

1999 Defender 110 Td5 SW Caledonian Blue

I might have a couple of the Rj45 to BT adapters down if you want.?

I had the mad idea of adding twin CAT5 sockets in each room as I decorated. My mate did the wiring for me so he took a standard phone cable and then crimped the wires to the back of an RJ45 patch panel. Standard CAT5 out from the panel to the socket and then an RJ45 to RJ11 convertor as shown above.

I think one of these might work.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/380925336954

One end in the BT socket and one end into the RJ45 socket in the house > CAT5 to the shed, and RJ45 to RJ11 convertor and then plug the phone in? 1999 Defender TD5 110

Regards
John M0VAZ
Econet Station 48 no clock

13th May 2016 7:15am

ethanicus

Member Since: 11 Jan 2013
Location: Surrey
Posts: 94

2014 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Corris Grey

If you use 100mb Ethernet (without Poe). You can use pins 7 and 8 for a analogue phone as they are unused.

White & brown
Brown

Just need to terminate them with some jelly blocks and not onto the socket/panel.

Won't work for gb/1000base-tx or power over Ethernet applications.

13th May 2016 7:31am

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