CAT5E cable

Hi guys,

Is it OK to use ordinary telephone wire to set up a network. My customer has just had his house done, and i don't want to use grey CAT5 cable on white skirting. Would there be any wrong with using twisted pair telephone wire (White) to set up a network? Cheers

You'll have to find (or recrimp the ends). Phone wire is RJ-11, Cat5 is RJ-45. Transmission speeds are going to suck, and it won't be the worlds most stable network. You know you can also get white jacketed Cat5. You really should use Cat5.

Thanks Thomas,

I know what you mean, im really trying to avoid it, but the job is on monday, and i don't want to order any more cable. Basically, im only connecting 2 computers, (straight crossover in a way), but im gonna have a RJ45 socket on both ends, so crimping is not an issue. Also the 2 rooms are only around 10m apart, it shouldn't be too much of an issue should it?

If you have to do it, you have to do it...but wireless would be a better solution. The other part will be you will cap the max network speed at roughly three times dial up speed. It's not a very good solution.

Thats not a really big distance apart, why not go wireless, it is indeed cheap enough now