Can anyone help or advise? Tel and data are wired to a central point...

[Steve Banjo]

Morning

I'm hoping someone may have had experiance of this and might be able to help.

I'm second fixing apartments and due to a mix up I'm having to do the Tel/Data as well.

In the cupboard I have eight cat5 cables, four for tel and four for data. Next to where the Cat5s
Emerge from the wall I have the BT master and a twin socket.

My question is, can anyone suggest a straight forward way of connecting this all together?
Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thank you and thanks for reading.

 

[shanky887614]

Morning

I'm hoping someone may have had experiance of this and might be able to help.

I'm second fixing apartments and due to a mix up I'm having to do the Tel/Data as well.

In the cupboard I have eight cat5 cables, four for tel and four for data. Next to where the Cat5s
Emerge from the wall I have the BT master and a twin socket.

My question is, can anyone suggest a straight forward way of connecting this all together?
Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thank you and thanks for reading.

for the cat5 use an unmanaged switch about £15/20 for a 4 port one from currys

netgear are good

www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing-acc...gabit-ethernet-switch-18438952-pdt.html#cat-0

are they ip phones or normal?

if there ip phones then put them on an 8+ port switch and they can plug this into there router (routers normall have a couple ports)

 

[tlangdon12]

I'd suggest you replace the faceplate on the BT Master socket with a high quality filtered faceplate to breakout an ADSL connection for a broadband router/switch. Plug the router/switch's ADSL port into the ADSL port on the face play. Plug the four Ethernet data connections into the LAN ports on router/switch. If the homeowner wants to use analog phones, plug one of these into the phone socket on the faceplate, and plug the four phone connections into it:

Http//:www.run-it-direct.co.uk/btmaleto4rj45femaleconverter.html

You will also need one of the BT to rj45 master converters sold by run-it -direct for each analog phones for the sockets in the rooms.

Another option would be to replace the BT to four rj45 converter with a four port PBX (telephone system).

 

[Steve Banjo]

Thank you very much four the replies.

The four RJ45 to master BT adaptor is interesting, I'm thinking maybe ill install one in each apartment to deal with the analogue phone issue. In relation to the four data cables, I'm wondering weather I can attach RJ45 plugs and leave the cables neatly coiled in the cupboard, awaiting the owner/occupiers Internet provider of choice.

Thanks again.

 

[mpb]

Install a couple of rj45 quad boxes in one for phone and one for computers. Then use short patch leads ideally one colour for the phone and another for data.

Martin

 

[UNG]

It is not clear what the OP is trying to do, does each of the apartments have a BT master or is it one BT master for all the apartments? if it is the latter it sounds like it will be problematic when it comes to billing the phone line and usage

 

[Steve Banjo]

I have a BT master and a double socket high level in each apartment. They are installed in the utility cupboard above the DB.

Thanks.

 

[tlangdon12]

Thank you very much four the replies.

The four RJ45 to master BT adaptor is interesting, I'm thinking maybe ill install one in each apartment to deal with the analogue phone issue. In relation to the four data cables, I'm wondering weather I can attach RJ45 plugs and leave the cables neatly coiled in the cupboard, awaiting the owner/occupiers Internet provider of choice.

Thanks again.

Hi Steve

Of course, we should have asked what you've actually been contracted to deliver. It sounds like you could just terminate the telephone cables onto RJ45 plugs, and let the tenants find the four way adapter thingy.
Similarly with the data cables you could either terminate them into RJ45 plugs and leave the cables with enough slack to be plugged directly into a router.

The idea of terminating the 2 four-way face plates is probably the best idea for a private house, and should be cheap enough.

How will you test the connections you have made? One RJ45 to BT master socket converters would be required to test the master socket from each room.

I suggest you get the Freeholder owner to get the four way converters.

 

[aesmith]

... It sounds like you could just terminate the telephone cables onto RJ45 plugs ...

The idea of terminating the 2 four-way face plates is probably the best idea for a private house, and should be cheap enough.

I wouldn't put RJ45 free ends onto cable if it can be avoided, as it can be prone to failure if there's any degree of plugging/unplugging. OK if they're dressed in to permanently connected network equipment. The four-way face plate (data outlets) idea is much better.