On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, Steve Swantz 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?

It's possible, yes.

I've heard of performance issues, but haven't seen them myself. However,
you will not be able to run gigabit across this for sure - it uses all
eight wires.

In any case, I'd highly recommend against it, unless there is absolutely 
no option to get new cable in.

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