Hi,
Sorry if this is a bit straightforward but looks like you guys will hopefully know the answers.
Basically I have a Cat 6 cable in place and i'd like to use it as a LAN cable to a network hard drive but i wondered whether i could just use 6 wires for networking and that would leave me with 2 wires which i could use for an audio intercom.
Is it possible to have a functioning network cable if only 6 out of the 8 wires are connected to the RJ45 terminal. If so which wires do i neeed to use and in which position.
The NAS device and my setup will support gigabit speeds and ideally would like to have this speed but appreciate maybe using less than 8 wires would limit speeds, but don't know if this is actually the case. In fatc i'd be happy with 100BaseT speeds. Any comments on this would also be appreciated.
I have read that you don't need all 8 wires connected to have functioning networking but am not sure if that is the case when using cat6 cable. Is there any difference if i say had cat5 cable instead.
The final setup will just have the cat6 cable plugged into NAS at one end (via RJ45) and then plugged into router at another (via RJ45). I will then access NAS via windows XP.
Hope i've explained things ok.
Thanks alot,
Rob
Sorry if this is a bit straightforward but looks like you guys will hopefully know the answers.
Basically I have a Cat 6 cable in place and i'd like to use it as a LAN cable to a network hard drive but i wondered whether i could just use 6 wires for networking and that would leave me with 2 wires which i could use for an audio intercom.
Is it possible to have a functioning network cable if only 6 out of the 8 wires are connected to the RJ45 terminal. If so which wires do i neeed to use and in which position.
The NAS device and my setup will support gigabit speeds and ideally would like to have this speed but appreciate maybe using less than 8 wires would limit speeds, but don't know if this is actually the case. In fatc i'd be happy with 100BaseT speeds. Any comments on this would also be appreciated.
I have read that you don't need all 8 wires connected to have functioning networking but am not sure if that is the case when using cat6 cable. Is there any difference if i say had cat5 cable instead.
The final setup will just have the cat6 cable plugged into NAS at one end (via RJ45) and then plugged into router at another (via RJ45). I will then access NAS via windows XP.
Hope i've explained things ok.
Thanks alot,
Rob