Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Sat, 1 Jun 91 05:33:21 GMT From: Kral Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Incoming Lines From Telco Message-ID: Organization: Digital Research Inc 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 415, Message 12 of 13 Lines: 28 In article HAMER524@ruby.vcu.edu (Robert M. Hamer) writes: > I can't find a network interface. Coming in from outside into the > basement is a line with what looks like perhaps 10 or 15 twisted > pairs. One of the pairs is connected to one of the old-fashioned > terminals (with four screw-type poles) to which all of our in-house > wiring is connected. I can't tell from your description if this is related or not, so take it for what it is worth... In the East Bay (ie Oakland and points east) area I've seen residential units where they string 12 twisted pair wires (not cables, wires, no sheathing!) throughout the house when it is built. Then you just tap on to the pair you want to consider active at each outlet. This lets you fix broken circuits, or have different circuits active at different outlets. This was in a house that was a rental, primarily to students. So it was not unusual to have four lines or more in the house, with each bedroom being on a different line. This setup made it pretty easy to do. kral * 408/647-6112 * ...!uunet!drivax!braun * braun@dri.com