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Mike Tomlinson
 
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In article , Andrew Gabriel
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For phone over RJ45, there is no standard.


Convention is to use pins 4 and 5 (the blue twisted pair), since this is
unused in Ethernet*. I believe the original intention was to allow
network and phone service to office desks with one patch cable.

(* yes, I know gigabit uses all 4 pairs.)