Running a Cat5 directly into a phone(Newbie)

[JeffHanson7183@gmail.com]

my boss wants me to connect our phone using cat5 cable. i have the
crimper, rj-11 jack and patch cable. does it matter which color wires
go into the RJ-11? the rj11 looks like it can take 4 wires but i
thought only 2 were necessary? thanks for the help and sorry for being
so vague.

[Robert L. Bass]

> my boss wants me to connect our phone using cat5 cable. i have the
> crimper, rj-11 jack and patch cable. does it matter which color wires
> go into the RJ-11? the rj11 looks like it can take 4 wires but i
> thought only 2 were necessary? thanks for the help and sorry for being
> so vague.

The standard method is to wire the first line (red/green) to the white/blue
pair and the second line, if any, to the white/orange pair.

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[wkearney99]

The pairs are the two inside and the two straddling them on the outside.

An RJ11 plug can accomodate two lines; one on the red/green pair and the
other on the yellow/black. When using CAT5 cable these are commonly
installed using the blue/white-blue and orange/white-orange wires. The
remaining green and brown are unused; it's common to coil them back around
the insulation rather than just cutting them off.

So yes, a single line would require only two wires. But it's a good practice
to connect all four wires for both pair in case you ever need to add another
line in the future. If you've got the wire, why not? It'd sure save you
the pain in the ass hassles of opening the box later just to attach the
wires!


<JeffHanson7183@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1110832638.093659.30340@f14g2000cwb.googlegro ups.com...
> my boss wants me to connect our phone using cat5 cable. i have the
> crimper, rj-11 jack and patch cable. does it matter which color wires
> go into the RJ-11? the rj11 looks like it can take 4 wires but i
> thought only 2 were necessary? thanks for the help and sorry for being
> so vague.

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<JeffHanson7183@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1110832638.093659.30340@f14g2000cwb.googlegro ups.com...
> my boss wants me to connect our phone using cat5 cable. i have the
> crimper, rj-11 jack and patch cable. does it matter which color wires
> go into the RJ-11? the rj11 looks like it can take 4 wires but i
> thought only 2 were necessary? thanks for the help and sorry for being
> so vague.


Black Box has several pages on color codes and good practices for wiring
communication equipment. I suggest that you get one of their catalogs.