I have RJ11 outlets throughout my home. Is it possible to convert RJ11 to RJ45 for Ethernet purpose?
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Sure, as long as there are 2 twisted pairs going to your telephone jacks. If it's just 4 straight wires or only 2 wires going to each then I wouldn't recommend it.
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ALLurGroceries Vegan Vermin Super Moderator
No. You can go the other way (phone signal in ethernet) if you don't need gigabit, but not 11 to 45, even if you don't need the phone.
There is a 1Mbps telephone home networking standard called HomePNA but it never caught on: HomePNA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia -
Question about RJ11 to RJ45….What is the connection to?
The following transmission line problems might occur if you try:
Unbalanced Tx, crosstalk, and noise. Advice, use RJ11 for Phone, Fax & modems.
Use RJ45 for LANs (CAT 6 giga speed ) to NIC interfaces.
If you want to proceed, Dualcomm has a RJ45/RJ11 Cable Sharing adapter, $20. -
ALLurGroceries Vegan Vermin Super Moderator
That is for the other way around, using cat5/6 cable.
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That's what I thought. I'm planning on getting a new desktop in the future and would like to hook it up via the ethernet, but the router is located downstairs. It would require tremendous amount of work having to rewire some parts of the home for ethernet connection.
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ALLurGroceries Vegan Vermin Super Moderator
Look into powerline ethernet adapters instead... I use a pair of netgear XAV5001 for that purpose.
RJ11 to RJ45?
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by brncao, May 9, 2012.