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| 29543 | 2002-01-02 06:18:00 | Hi, I've just read a few articles and books regarding networking home pcs through existing phone lines. Problem is, these are either US articles or Australian books. So is it possible here in New Zealand with our (telecom)phone lines? Has anyone tried it? So can I just buy the NIC cards (ones on special at the moment for 22 bucks)from Dick Smith and just plug it into the phone lines. Will that work? Many thanks in advance, ;-) |
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| 29544 | 2002-01-02 06:38:00 | can't connect normal lan cards through the phone system. you need the proper cards. i havn't seen any here but i would like to know if anyone wholesales them. | Guest (0) | ||
| 29545 | 2002-01-02 07:00:00 | Someone on Trademe was advertising a system for sale yesterday exactly as you describe but I can't find it again, have a search and you may get lucky. Cheers BC |
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| 29546 | 2002-01-03 01:24:00 | That sort of networks relies on having spare pairs going from socket to socket. The Americans usually have two or three pairs going throughout the house, so there are spares available. The new NZ standard has only one pair. It might work. As long as you didn't want to use the phones. At all. So unplug the phones. And disconnect the line to the exchange. It's also slow. I think they only run at about 1-2MHz. You will finish up running wires, so you might as well run Cat5e and use Ethernet. Or use wireless ... |
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| 29547 | 2002-01-03 07:17:00 | While it is true that nz home phones use only 1 pair (modern ones, anyway) systems installed more than 5 or 6 years ago used 3 0r 4 wires. These were and for the most part still are wired using standard 3 pair cabling so it is quite possible that you can use the spare wires. If your system is an older one using more than 2 wires, grab some new outlets from the warehouse or DSE and convert it to 2 wire to free up the other wiring for your network. Remember that the standard phone wiring is not shielded and you may get spurious interference. | Guest (0) | ||
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