Re: What is the Phone Plug for...???

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:22:15 -0500, AES wrote (in article
<siegman-8FBF94.20221528042008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):

In article <0001HW.C43BDE6A0004BC5DB01AD9AF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@xxxxxxxx> wrote:


Actually I assumed that the OP was somehow under the assumption that an
external modem was needed regardless of the computer having the phone
jack. I also assumed that the OP could properly distinguish between a
phone jack and an ethernet jack.


Guys, I am neither a computer nor a phone expert, but my understanding has
always been that "phone jacks" (RJ-11) and "ethernet jacks" (RJ-45) are
both in fact simply standardized "modular plug" designs, both of which are
used in different situations both for phone purposes and for other data
and communications purposes . . . ???

Thanks for joining the discussion!

Briefly, the terms used in Wikipedia to describe (in the context of a
Macintosh laptop computer) the two different connectors under discussion here
are "modem" for the four conductor one and "ethernet" for the eight conductor
one. Elsewhere in Wikipedia the terms RJ-11, RJ-14, RJ-25 are used to
reference the four conductor connector, depending on whether it provides
connections for 1, 2, or 3 phones, and RJ-45 for the eight conductor one
which can be used for 4 or more phones.

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James Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@xxxxxxx

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