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Local Area Network Using Phone Lines? Create LAN for PC's for sharing files/internet

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  Posted 07 February 2012 - 09:20 PM

Im planning to do a LAN for internet/file sharing and of course LAN game party's
There are people that living far from each another like 1 mile away.... thats a problem.

Cat5 Ethernet cables are not made for long distance connectivity ( 100 meters of length max, otherwise bad connection).

So because i need a connectivity between pc's for long distance I can use Wireless, expensive, and because I prefer wired :)
and I heard that there is a way to convert CAT5 cable into phone line, because phone lines can be used for long distance connectivity without problems.

So I wonder if there is a way to do that LAN connectivity using phone lines.
RJ45 to phone line, do they exist these adapters? if yes, will this work for me ?

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Posted 07 February 2012 - 09:56 PM

Well, 100mbps ethernet only uses 4 wires of the 8 in an ethernet connector, so theoretically you could take a 4 wire phone cable (meant for 2 phones) and wire those to the right connectors on ethernet jacks. I'm not exactly sure how it would work though. Isn't it just easier to do a lan party over the internet anyway? :D
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