Square one stuff

[Bryan Smith <bryan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

Please be kind to me - I'm new to this. :-[

As I understand it, Cat 5e has four pairs, so could terminate to four
RJ45 sockets. If I only need one or two, can I strip the cover off and
route the other pairs to a nearby location? I can see that this might
raise some issues like separation of the two uncovered pairs, but if
not, it seems that every cable should emerge to a double wall box so
that there is the potential to terminate all four pairs.

An example might be if I wanted to make data available to a bedroom both
sides of a bed. If I could use one cable to route to both sides, I would
still have two sockets each side. Even if I used one pair each side for
voice (I */can/* do that can't I?) it would surely be adequate for most
people?

Perhaps I am missing something, but it just seems a bit  . . err,
wasteful to run a separate 8-core cable all the way from N0 just for one
socket. My major refurbishment project currently proposes 36 cables and
I am thinking that it's all getting a bit out of hand! Especially when I
start to think about the money pit that N0 is becoming.
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Best regards,
Bryan Smith


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