[vox-tech] Carrying telephone signal over ethernet
Ted Deppner
vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:10:26 -0800
On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 04:02:18PM -0800, Larry Dieterich wrote:
> At 2:13 PM -0800 3/18/04, Mitch Patenaude wrote:
> >I could be wrong, but I believe that Cat5 uses all 4 *pairs* of
> >wires, and not just 4 wires. Maybe that's only for full duplex....
> >
>
> The 100BASE-T4 standard does run on Cat3,4,5 cabling and does require 4
> pairs
>
> http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/3/10G_study/email/msg01046.html
Interesting. http://www.bodeen.org/networking/100baset4.html says
100BaseT4 was "practically extinct by 1998".
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Ted Deppner
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