It is supposed to be broadband in a way. So I am wondering what is the max rate of an RJ11 port and would I be able to use the max rate by plugging it into my RJ11 port on my Sager NP8662. Unfortunately I'm also getting tripled for what should be a double room so I don't think there is enough ports so even though they do not allow a router I am wondering is there a way to plug RJ11 port to an RJ45 port on my router without buying the BS overpriced RJ11 to RJ45 cable the school sells.
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Without knowing the cabling used, I would guess the max is 100Mbs. Since your school doesn't allow you to use a router, we won't be making any posts on how to do it.
You can buy a cable from eBay or an online retailer for a lot less than your school will charge. Just shop around. Or, you could borrow a crimp tool, buy a length of CAT-5e cable, an RJ-11 and RJ-45 connector, and make it yourself. -
rj-11, as in 4 conductor cable? Are you sure that your dorm isn't wired for dsl? there are plenty of private DSL networks out there. The frame and modem cards are surprisingly cheap.
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rj 11 is for landlines
you're supposed to use rj45 even though it's only 2 pairs or 4 pairs
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Yeah it uses RJ11 ports. So I'm kinda stuck with that until next year when I can move to a different Quad since 2/6 of the quads are still using RJ11 ports. So with 100mbps it still decent since I don't think it will max out their connection. I can't seem to find any on monoprice which is where I usually shop around for cables so can someone direct me to a link? I did find a split cable which was 1 RJ45 to 2 RJ11. Could I possibly get a speedboost by hogging up 2 RJ11 ports and plugging it in to an RJ45 port?
I am trying to figure this out before I get there. Here's what it says in the e-mail.
For those of you who have never lived in Eleanor Roosevelt Quad, we have a different hookup for the internet. Our data jacks do not use traditional Ethernet cords. They require a special cord (which is like a phone cord on the end that plugs into the data jack), which can be purchased at Seawolves Marketplace in the Student Activities Center. -
There you go...you need to buy that cable from Seawolves. I'm sure the markup is rather high on those cables, but hey these people have to rip us off somehow.
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I'll see anything over 30 dollars is truly unacceptable and at 20 dollars I still feel like its a huge ripoff when you can get a normal cat5 cable for like 3 dollars.
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Like I said, if you find the tools you can make your own cable for a few dollars. Borrow a fellow student's cable, look at both ends and write down the order the cables are in each end, then just make a cable that looks just like it.
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a 4 wire cable (to me anyway) indicates a half-duplex connection.
If so, no way you're going to get 100 meg through that.
Dorm uses RJ11 ports
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by phiyukyiu, Aug 25, 2009.