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Just trying to expand my telephone cabling to make use of the three lines on
the FritzBox 7050. My questions are:

* Lines 1 & 2 have an RJ11 socket (or similar socket with RJ11 adapter -
can't remember) but Line 3 is hard-wired and expects two wires. I assume I
need to connect up a master socket to get a ring signal?
* I want to use some Cat6 cable solid core to wire up the telephone
circuits - is this suitable?
* I want to use one Cat6 cable right around the house, using three of the
wires for lines 1&2 and the last two for line 3. Do multiple master sockets
cause an issue, or can I only have one max on one line?

Thanks for your help!

"Herman" <whitehousemadhouse-2005@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in
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> Just trying to expand my telephone cabling to make use of
> the three lines on the FritzBox 7050. My questions are:
>
> * Lines 1 & 2 have an RJ11 socket (or similar socket with
> RJ11 adapter - can't remember) but Line 3 is hard-wired
> and expects two wires. I assume I need to connect up a
> master socket to get a ring signal? * I want to use some
> Cat6 cable solid core to wire up the telephone circuits -
> is this suitable? * I want to use one Cat6 cable right
> around the house, using three of the wires for lines 1&2
> and the last two for line 3. Do multiple master sockets
> cause an issue, or can I only have one max on one line?
> Thanks for your help![/color]

The RJ11 ports are only two wire, so if you need a ring wire to the phone
then yes you'll need a master socket. The supplied adaptors will include
the capacitor. I wire my lines into the exchange line ports of my PABX so
two wires are all I need.

Multiple masters aren't recommended, I would recommend a separate cable
for each line.

Ivor

Ivor Jones laid this down on his screen :[color=blue]
> "Herman" <whitehousemadhouse-2005@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in
> message news:Yo14h.4351$Xh3.3822@newsfe6-win.ntli.net[color=green]
>> Just trying to expand my telephone cabling to make use of
>> the three lines on the FritzBox 7050. My questions are:
>>
>> * Lines 1 & 2 have an RJ11 socket (or similar socket with
>> RJ11 adapter - can't remember) but Line 3 is hard-wired
>> and expects two wires. I assume I need to connect up a
>> master socket to get a ring signal? * I want to use some
>> Cat6 cable solid core to wire up the telephone circuits -
>> is this suitable? * I want to use one Cat6 cable right
>> around the house, using three of the wires for lines 1&2
>> and the last two for line 3. Do multiple master sockets
>> cause an issue, or can I only have one max on one line?
>> Thanks for your help![/color]
>
> The RJ11 ports are only two wire, so if you need a ring wire to the phone
> then yes you'll need a master socket. The supplied adaptors will include the
> capacitor. I wire my lines into the exchange line ports of my PABX so two
> wires are all I need.
>
> Multiple masters aren't recommended, I would recommend a separate cable for
> each line.
>
> Ivor[/color]

......but what does he mean by "Lines 1 & 2 have an RJ11 socket (or
similar socket with RJ11 adapter - can't remember) but Line 3 is
hard-wired and expects two wires"....?

Is this device a 3 port device....with only 2 ports..?

"Jono" <nothanks@blueyonder.invalid> wrote in message
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[snip]
[color=blue]
> .....but what does he mean by "Lines 1 & 2 have an RJ11
> socket (or similar socket with RJ11 adapter - can't
> remember) but Line 3 is hard-wired and expects two
> wires"....?
> Is this device a 3 port device....with only 2 ports..?[/color]

Simple, the first two ports have RJ11 sockets, the third has a small
terminal block into which you have to insert 2 wires. I suppose there
wasn't room for 3 RJ11 sockets.

Ivor

Ivor Jones formulated the question :
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>> Is this device a 3 port device....with only 2 ports..?[/color]
>
> Simple, the first two ports have RJ11 sockets, the third has a small terminal
> block into which you have to insert 2 wires. I suppose there wasn't room for
> 3 RJ11 sockets.
>
> Ivor[/color]

One RJ45 could power three 2-pair analogue ports.

"Jono" <nothanks@blueyonder.invalid> wrote in message
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> Ivor Jones formulated the question :
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > Is this device a 3 port device....with only 2 ports..?[/color]
> >
> > Simple, the first two ports have RJ11 sockets, the
> > third has a small terminal block into which you have to
> > insert 2 wires. I suppose there wasn't room for 3 RJ11
> > sockets.[/color]
>
> One RJ45 could power three 2-pair analogue ports.[/color]

Which is precisely what the 7170 does, one of the reasons I'm waiting for
a UK version.

Ivor

"Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Jono" <nothanks@blueyonder.invalid> wrote in message
> news:mn.3ce87d6bdcc0c0d7.48968@blueyonder.invalid[color=green]
>> Ivor Jones formulated the question :
>>[color=darkred]
>> > > Is this device a 3 port device....with only 2 ports..?
>> >
>> > Simple, the first two ports have RJ11 sockets, the
>> > third has a small terminal block into which you have to
>> > insert 2 wires. I suppose there wasn't room for 3 RJ11
>> > sockets.[/color]
>>
>> One RJ45 could power three 2-pair analogue ports.[/color]
>
> Which is precisely what the 7170 does, one of the reasons I'm waiting for
> a UK version.
>
> Ivor[/color]
Cheers for the info guys. I take it the Cat6 solid core cabling is OK for
wiring up extensions?

Thanks

"Herman" <whitehousemadhouse-2005@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in
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> "Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote in message
> news:4rclbfFqpkl3U1@mid.individual.net...[color=green]
> > "Jono" <nothanks@blueyonder.invalid> wrote in message
> > news:mn.3ce87d6bdcc0c0d7.48968@blueyonder.invalid[color=darkred]
> > > Ivor Jones formulated the question :
> > >
> > > > > Is this device a 3 port device....with only 2
> > > > > ports..?
> > > >
> > > > Simple, the first two ports have RJ11 sockets, the
> > > > third has a small terminal block into which you
> > > > have to insert 2 wires. I suppose there wasn't room
> > > > for 3 RJ11 sockets.
> > >
> > > One RJ45 could power three 2-pair analogue ports.[/color]
> >
> > Which is precisely what the 7170 does, one of the
> > reasons I'm waiting for a UK version.[/color]
>
> Cheers for the info guys. I take it the Cat6 solid core
> cabling is OK for wiring up extensions?[/color]

I don't see why not, as long as you don't put a single RJ45 on the other
end so it gets confused with a standard Ethernet cable. Not sure what
would happen if you plugged a PC in to the phone ports..!

Ivor