Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 16 May 91 17:26:01 GMT From: "Fernando da Silva (PW Ph.D." Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Connecting American RJ11 to British CW1311 - a Simple Query Message-ID: Organization: Dept. Computer Science, Univ. Manchester, UK Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 372, Message 7 of 8 Lines: 29 I'm trying to connect an American RJ11 male connector to a British CW1311 socket, for data communications purposes. RJ11 jack CW1311 jack 1- not used 1- not used 2- black(?) 2- red 3- red(?) 3- blue 4- green(?) 4- green 5- yellow(?) 5- white 6- not used 6- not used For most British phone connections only 2 and 5 of CW1311 are sufficient. Wich are the two important lines on the RJ11? Are all four lines important for data communications? Many thanks in anticipation. Fernando A. da Silva Dept. of Computer Science, | JANET: fds@uk.ac.man.cs The University, | Internet: fds%cs.man.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk Manchester, | or : fds%cs.man.ac.uk@cunyvm.cuny.edu M13 9PL, UK. | EAN: fds%cs.man.ac.uk@ean-relay.ac.uk Tel: 061 - 275 6292 | UUCP: fds%cs.man.ac.uk@ukc.uucp Fax: 061 - 275 6280 | EARN/BITNET:fds%cs.man.ac.uk@earn-relay.ac.uk