Cat5 cable with RJ11 connector? (in-home wiring for DSL question)

[iluvdeal]

I'd like to make a direct cable connection from my phone box to my DSL modem. Currently it is spliced twice before it gets to my modem:

demark-------->phone---------->phone--------->dsl modem/phone


I want to do this:

demark-------->phone---------->phone--------->phone
|
|--------------------------------------->dsl modem

That way the line is not spliced between the modem and box, also I don't have to use a splitter to attach a phone and the modem to the same jack. Do you guys see any problems with the above scenario?

Okay, I want to run a cat5 cable from my dsl modem to demark as illustrated. Therefore one end needs to have a RJ11 connector to attach to the dsl modem (I don't want to attach the cable to a RJ11 jack as I want it to directly connect to my dsl modem). Can this be done? What do I do need to do it? I am not a pro with wiring so any help would be appreciated. Thanks alot!

 

[Mday]

use the cat5 to run from the "demark" to a jack where you can plug your modem into. make a patch cable out of twisted pair telephone wire (yeah they make those).

cat5 should not be used as a patch cable with rj11 connects. the plug-cable interface would suck.

so:

demark---------PHONES
|
cat5
|---JACK--|patch|--modem

 

[iluvdeal]

Thanks for the tip. About twisted pair telephone wire, is it sold under that name or does it have some sort of codename (ex. cat #)? Also, can I get it premade? I don't have a crimper to attach the rj11 connectors.

 

[L3Guy]

Before you go off on a hunt to find a cat5 rj11 patch, check if your
"modem" has a rj-45 connector. RJ-11 cables will plug into an RJ-45, but an RJ-45 will not plug into an RJ-11 plug.

My setup was:

Demarc ---- CAT5e ----- RJ45 Female Jack ---- Cat5 patch --- DSL "modem"

The cool feature of the female cat5 jack is that termination without tools is posible.

If you let me know which "modem" you have, I will try to look it up.

HTH

Doug

 

[iluvdeal]

I have an Efficient Networks Speedstream 5260. There are two connectors in the back, an RJ45 and an RJ11. The Rj45 is for my NIC while the RJ11 is for the wall jack so I'll stick with the twisted pair rj11 cable. So I should I just use a RJ11 female jack then? BTW, at your demarc are you using a POTS splitter?

 

[JackMDS]

Telco signals are very strong, taking into consideration the Route from the DSLAM to your system few more feet or one more connection will not make a difference. What make the difference is loose connection, or a line that is close to noise emitting device (i.e. most of our electrical appliances), under such condition the signal to noise ratio deteriorates.

As long as your connection are solid I don?t think you will experience any difference.