How to telephone and network in 1 cat5e

hello

Can i run a telephone line (UK BT) and a network connection in 1 x cat5e, this is to work a uk sky tv/internet box which requires a telephone line and an internet connection for its on demand side

Many thanks

Hello and welcome to Tom's Hardware Forums.

Your Sky box has a telephone socket and it's that one they say you should connect to the telephone system. I say you don't unless you want Interactive services but Sky insist so they can poach information about your viewing habits and phone them home to Scotland.

It's the next-to-useless black Netgear router that needs to be connected through a filter they provide to the telephone system so you can get the Broadband signal to the router.

Ethernet (Cat 5e) only comes into the mix if you wish to wire a PC straight to the router instead of using wireless.

Yes you can do that, it's outside of approved specs etc, but it will work fine.

I have a similar setup but running 2 x 100Mbit Ethernet lines.

thats great, i will give it go

Thankyou