connecting cat 5 phone line for dsl use?

Question

Do any of you know how to properly and safely connect the carergory 5 wire from outside phone box to inside phone jack for dsl use? there are 8 lines in this wire. lines in this wire have the following colors: solid blue, pale red, rust color, and green.there is a solid while, white with rust horizontal stripe, white with pale red stripe and white with green stripe. Was told to only use the white and blue in the "data" clip... what about the other wires on outside? and on inside box as well? very confusing! please help... need high speed for daughter's college exams! thank you...

Thanks, Don, but we Do have a router.. (which we paid dearly for from phone company) as well as wireless for another computer... had "substandard" wiring.. (flat wire) connecred to phone jack. Had not too bad internet but would be dropped on occassion. Phone co said to use the cat 5, which we now have, but having problems getting it to connect... any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated...

Answer 1

You only need 1 pair. You MUST leave the others off, wrap them back from the connected pair.

Answer 2

First off the category 5 or 6 cable used for internet service runs from Stand alone Modems and Routers they both have Ethernet connections. The connections are different.
the PHone box outside is for PHONE CONNECTIONS ONLY. The change inside comes with the addition of the Internet Service Providers Modem, from any of the phone jacks in the house. Only if you have added the filters to all those not in use.
The high speed Internet connection only uses 1 of the pair of wires so it really doesn't matter what the colors are and how they are arranged, It does but many tech's change these around when a user has expierianced a problem on there line.
Like I said if you have DSL already and a Modem in the house, Stay out of the box or it may end up costing you more than you want to spend.
If you have DSL and you need additional connections you need a ROUTER.
One last thing if you think you are going to get the connection from your box and transfer it inside I am curious how you plan to make this connection at the Server if it isn't already to activate the service.
Don