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Announcements => Site & Forum Discussion => Topic started by: kitz on October 06, 2007, 11:04:55 PM
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Networking and Telephone Connectors (http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/connectors.htm)
Bit of a minor one this... but something thats been "in the background" for a while, but never got linked properly.
Was just really created when trying to help users identify the type of connector they needed for networking purposes.
Thought it was about time I actually added it to the main menu.
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You might like to correct the spelling of 'moulded' (it says 'molded' in two places). :o
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lol thanks eric - changed
(curses speil-cheekers)
- the honest truth is that I had actually typed moulded but when I ran it through the dreamweaver spell checker it changed it to "molded"
... so I then checked dictionary.com - molded (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/molded)
- damn americans - I have enough problems as it is with words like center/centre :/
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You're dead right about spellcheckers. I'm using Firefox here, and despite my system being carefully set up to use British dictionaries, FF still wants to change my spellings to American. ???
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Ah, hoo nieds spelchequers anyweigh? :P
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Actually, a proper point... dunno if this would clutter that page too much or whether it's irrelevant info or not... but as you know you can plug an RJ-11 plug into an RJ-45 socket.
It seems that ADSL faceplates actually have RJ-45 sockets on them for some reason - don't know why, but they do.
Might be worth mentioning, probably not.. just thought i'd point it out :)
Nice extra little addition to the site though :)
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>> It seems that ADSL faceplates actually have RJ-45 sockets on them for some reason - don't know why, but they do.
Hmm.. some do perhaps, but the ADSL Nation and Clarity faceplates I have here both have RJ-11 sockets.
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Funny, I bought one from Clarity... and it has an RJ-45 socket on it... I know this because I have an RJ-45 plug on the end of my wire cuz it was easier to crimp!! (my crimping tool doesn't have an RJ-11 hole and so the router end was a bit of a botch job!!)
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I think I may owe you a partial apology. On closer inspection, my Clarity faceplate does have an RJ-45 (they describe it on their site as RJ11/RJ45), but the ADSL Nation one is definitely RJ-11.
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No worries... apology partially accepted ;)
I haven't seen the ADSL Nation ones... I know the original BT ones (which is essentially what Clarity sells) are RJ-45.
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You're dead right about spellcheckers. I'm using Firefox here, and despite my system being carefully set up to use British dictionaries, FF still wants to change my spellings to American. ???
I use FF and mine is ok, Did you install the correct one ( you have to scroll down the list to English British)
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>> Did you install the correct one
Yes I did. It's not a problem, because I don't use spel chequers anyway, my spelink is pritty good withowt one.
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sew eye sea :D
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my spelink is pritty good withowt one.
Your lucky, my dictionary in my brain has a lot of blank pages in it ( as I suffer from word blindness ).
I'm just hoping it is not going to affect my 14 year old daughters future like it did me, because I think she suffering from it as well.
With computers and the like in this modern age she has a lot of things to help her to overcome it.
Going on forums like this one has helped me a lot, as it took a lot of courage to make my first post.
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Ah yes, it can be a wild place out there, particularly for people who have difficulties with words. It's not a subject I have any personal knowledge of, but I would imagine that your daughter could do a lot worse than participate in a few forums like this.
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And presumably she uses MSN messenger... she should challenge herself to type 'properly' rather than in abbreviated MSN speak. She'll (a) learn to type quicker and (b) it's all good practice :)
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Do you know any thing about this...6-pole Western socket.... It's smaller than an RJ11.
Is there any adapters to RJ45 ?.
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It seems that ADSL faceplates actually have RJ-45 sockets on them for some reason - don't know why, but they do.
Try terminating cat 5 or 3 pair telephone cable into a RJ-11 or RJ-12 plug, the cable is simply to fat to fit and neatly terminate.
(2 pairs twisted telephone cable or cat5 will terminate nicely into RJ-11 and BT431A plugs)
BT ADSL extension kits use cat 5 grade cable which plugs into the ADSL adaptor at one end and has a RJ-11 jack terminated at the other end.
It also lets you connect an RJ-45 patch lead for easy connection to structured cabling systems or simply to use as a decent extension lead with an inline adaptor to RJ-11.
6-pole Western socket
RJ-12 is the 6-way version of the RJ-11 which is 4-way. The connector size is identical however.
The only smaller connector I know of is those used for telephone handset cords - RJ-22 i believe being the 4-way example. Its simply a narrower version of the RJ-11. Do think there is a 6-way version though.
There is really no such thing as a "western socket" either, probably refers to RJ-12 as it is so common in north america and is used in Europe as well, notable Ireland. Most European countries however seem to have their own unique plugs, most of these are probably designed for 6 wires. Either for system phones on telephone switches or possibly as i think the case is in the US the different "pairs" of wires in an RJ lead can be used to take multiple lines down a single line cord, unlike here where we would use seperate sockets and leads.