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Wiring telephone line straight into rj45 or so I need a master socket in between?

Mikee1989 — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 09:55:57 GMT

hey community, I'm currently doing a rewire of a property and my client has a very old telephone connection. The signal comes in on the white and orange wire. The other 5wires red, red,red, green and black weren't connected.

My question is can I wire this straight into a rj45 socket, or do I need to go through a master socket first. And if I can connect it straight to a rj45 socket which pins do I need, I thought it was pin 3 and 6 as these are recievers but the Internet is not working.

Thanks alot.

Re: Wiring telephone line straight into rj45 or so I need a master socket in between?

chrisjp — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 10:44:14 GMT

You need to wire it into an RJ11 socket, not an RJ45 one. RJ45 sockets are for ethernet connections, not telphones.

Re: Wiring telephone line straight into rj45 or so I need a master socket in between?

Mikee1989 — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:11:14 GMT

Thanks for the reply, the client doesn't need telephone anymore, just ethernet! Why I thought I could do it directly?

Re: Wiring telephone line straight into rj45 or so I need a master socket in between?

licquorice — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:32:09 GMT

A phone/broadband line isn't Ethernet.