Thank you for your replies.

On my 7100 there is a card with 16 ethernet jacks, close together. Each of them have an rj45 connector with just a single pair connected on pins 4 and 5.

All 16 ports go to a punch block that connects to the phone lines going out, it seems like the phones only require the single pair.

The ethernet jacks appear to be split into 4 groups of 4.

Phonman, the phone seems to constantly reset itself. I have also tried to plug it into a different unused port and get the same result.

John, it goes,like this


..1.........2........3........4
p1 p3 p1 p3 p1 p3 p1 p3

p2 p4 p2 p4 p2 p4 p2 p4

i am plugging into 3, p3 directly with the phone and up the phone reboots itself,
however if a plug it into one of the lines that is already working, 2, p1 for instance it will start.

I hope that makes a little more sense.

Last edited by Qdeathstar; 10/28/17 07:56 AM.