Yes it will work.

With that said run it slow 10 mbit, 100 mbit would be ok, but I don't 
know about 1000 mbit.
Use really good solid core wire cat5e.

Maybe it's time for a wireless or a wireless bridge.

Sam.





Josh Welch wrote:

> Quoting Erik Anderson <erikerik at gmail.com>:
>
>> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 09:07:04 -0600, Steve Swantz
>> <aintboeingaintgoing at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Since ethernet only requires 4 wires and cat5 comes with 8, can you
>>> wire two jacks from one cable, using two twisted pairs to each jack,
>>> or are there any interference/performance issues involved?
>>
>>
>> This is definitely possible, as we have recently had to do this at
>> work in a few places.  (don't ask...it's one of the ramifications of
>> working in a 100+ year old building).
>>
>> Anwyays - it works great.  I can't remember the exact pinouts right
>> now, but I'll go grab one of the cables we made and get back to you
>> with the pinouts.
>>
>> -Erik
>>
>
> While it will technically work, you're kind of asking for trouble. 
> This is the
> type of arrangement that can end up with weird network errors that are 
> hard to
> reproduce. This type of arragement was more popular, and more 
> feasible, when
> people where running 10BaseT ethernet. Fast ethernet depends a lot 
> more on the
> properties of the electro-magnetic field created by data moving 
> through the
> cat-5 in a specific fashion. Introducing a different field into the 
> mix in the
> form of the phone signalling can cause problems.
>
> Josh
>
>
>
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