RJ11 to rj45 possible?

[Einstein43]

Good day all.

I'm moving my gaming room to the other side of the house, it is a big house and me being a student budget isn't much or anything at all I get about 2 bars wifi on that side of the house, but would like physical cables.


Now there is a rj11 cable(phone cable) going to that side of the house, from my old gaming room. is there a way I can get decent speeds by just like connecting a rj45 plug to the rj11 cable and using it as a normal cat cable? not lookinf for gigabit speeds as I only have a 4mb wisp line. Just want decent internet speeds for gaming and streaming.

Thanks in advance

 

[Vip3r011]

why not just buy network cable?

 

[Einstein43]

it is about 40m worth of cabling and don't really have cash now.

 

[Vip3r011]

dunno if it will work, will never know if u didnt try it..
i ran an adsl modem on a cat5e cable with rj11 ends, it wokred..so try...

it will work or it wont..or just speed will be crap slow..

 

[Phence]

It depends as RJ11 is generally 1 pair UTP whereas RJ45 is 4 pair UTP (8 strands).

If your RJ11 is a 4core UTP cable you can do 100Mb Ethernet with no PoE. You could get a powerline kit on loot for maybe R600 if that doesn't work. Just Google a wiring diagram for 4 core Ethernet.

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[Bencrisp]

I don't think RJ11 is a twisted pair cable, which means you will get a lot of interference. If you do RJ45 on both ends, give it a try...it is only a 4-wire cable at the end of the day. Put your 2 pairs together and you should be able to get a 100Mbps full duplex....if your cable can support it and not pick up too much noise.

Go for it, give us feedback. Would be mighty interesting

 

[Einstein43]

Thanks for all the replies guys gonna give it a go tomorrow just gonna see if my rj11 cable 2 pair or 4 pair then gonna give it a go

 

[ThatGuy_ZA]

I tried this once and only got 10mb (not 100mbps) speeds and there was a lot of interference. I'd avoid it if you can.

 

[Toxxyc]

Yeah it's not going to work as nice as you want it to. Be best bet would be to get a proper Cat5E cable or better.

 

[Jimmy-Z]

How about ethernet over power?