4 wire cat5

[mikeluce]

hi i have cat5 wires already in my house but they are wired for phone so one wire that have has the greens and browns free can i use them as the four need for Ethernet plug using the browns in place of the orange

 

[Emerald]

in theory yes you will be limited to a speed of 100 Mb/s

 

[mikeluce]

awsome thz

 

[mikeluce]

now one other question does doing this mean i have to make my own male to male cord or should a store bought one still work?

 

[Emerald]

store bought one should still work

 

[mikeluce]

thx again