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- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!telecom-request
- Date: 26 Aug 92 18:23:09 GMT
- From: oberman@ptavv.llnl.gov
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Is RJ45 With Notch Same as RJ45 Without Notch?
- Message-ID: <telecom12.666.9@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: TELECOM Digest
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 666, Message 9 of 13
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- In article <telecom12.661.7@eecs.nwu.edu>, stlouis@unixg.ubc.ca (Phill
- St. Louis) writes:
-
- > The Subject says it all.
-
- > I would like to ensure that these RJ45 wall jacks with a notch will
- > work. (I am pretty sure that they are Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC)
- > RJ45 wall jacks that have been installed in some new offices.) Will
- > these work with the standard RJ45 (without notch) plugs?
-
- Actually, they both have notches, but the DEC connector (called an
- MMJ) has the notch offset while the standard RJ-45 has it centered. If
- you have MMJ hacks installed in offices you will need MMJ plugs for
- them. The RJ45 will not work.
-
- The idea of the MMJ was to have a different connector for data to
- avoid blowing up data equipment by putting the telco battery (and
- ring) on it. While might have been a good idea, it never caught on and
- I don't know of anyone other than DEC using it. Other vendors have
- either ignored the problem or have designed their equipment to be
- uneffected by telco voltages.
-
- MMJ jacks are available at about the same cost as RJ-45s, so it's not
- too expensive to use them. It's just a pain in the neck!
-
-
- R. Kevin Oberman Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Internet: koberman@llnl.gov (510) 422-6955
-
- Disclaimer: Don't take this too seriously. I just like to improve my typing
- and probably don't really know anything useful about anything.
-
-