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Convert home phone wiring to Ethernet

Fresh7 days ago
Mar 15, 2026168819 views
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Can I convert phone wiring in walls to act as only Ethernet network because the phone wiring is not in use and not connected to the phone company so there is no voltage in the wires I remove the wall plate and I find 6 wires blue,blue/white,green,green/white,orange,orange/white , and I know that Et…

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Options for bandwidths higher than 10 Mbit/s Other answers here explore the possibility to use the Cat3 phone cabling for 10 Mbit/s (10BASE-T) Ethernet only. There are ways to use Cat3 phone cables at higher speeds, as listed below. They do not run …

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