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Home Networking Help
Posted on 5/18/17 at 10:44 pm
Posted on 5/18/17 at 10:44 pm
I'm moving into a new house and was wanting to have my internet hardwired throughout the house. This is due to my wife working from home and having a VPN which slows down her network speed while working (via wifi). After getting into the house I see that there are already cat 5 jacks throughout the house and then I find the below in my wife's closet. Can someone help me understand what i'm looking at? I know my Directv is split in here (black wires going into splitter with green label) and i'm assuming all the blue wires at cat5 going into a patch panel? There is no power outlet near this box which was confusing.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:49 am to CHiPs25
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This post was edited on 12/21/21 at 11:07 am
Posted on 5/19/17 at 10:37 am to CHiPs25
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I see that there are already cat 5 jacks throughout the house
Are there also phone jacks throughout the house? Phone and "cat5" jacks in same room?
Posted on 5/19/17 at 10:54 am to fatboydave
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Are there also phone jacks throughout the house? Phone and "cat5" jacks in same room?
There are some phone jacks in the house but definitely not as many as there are blue cat5 cables in this picture.
We haven't moved in yet so i'll be over there tomorrow and can see if there's a part # on the box and then i'm going to remove one of the cover plates to see if the 8 wires are connected.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 10:13 pm to CHiPs25
That's a punchdown block the Cat5e cables are connected to. The punchdown block ties together all of the outlets to the outside feed coming in for phone service. If it was phone service from the cable company, they could've left the gateway in there and tied into it that way or they could've used an existing line running back to it.
If you're not going to have a land line phone, you can strip and terminate all of those lines running to the punchdown block which means putting on RJ-45 connectors (ethernet ends). After that, you can do the same thing at the wall jacks, but it would be easier to replace them with ones that let you plug in a punchdown piece. Those come with 568A and 568B wiring codes. You just put each wire from each pair into the corresponding punchdown spot, push down with the tool and snip off the excess with some fingernail snips.
If you put your router in a spot where and outlet is located, you can feed a signal into your network panel (what you have pictured), get a network switch and send signal to the rest of your outlets. You won't be able to do it with that punchdown block.
You can buy the jacks for the wall plates I mentioned at Lowe's or Home Depot. They're called Keystone. You're going to need to terminate and put connectors on all of those lines running to that punchdown block. If you don't know how to do that, hit up someone that you know that may know how to do all of that or watch some YouTube videos on how to do it. It's pretty easy to do. You will need 3 tools to do it: A crimping tool, something to cut the outer jacket and a small pair of scissors.
The wiring diagram for 568b is White-Orange, Orange, White-Green, Blue, White-Blue, Green, White-Brown and Brown. That is looking from the bottom of the RJ-45 connector going left to right.
If you're not going to have a land line phone, you can strip and terminate all of those lines running to the punchdown block which means putting on RJ-45 connectors (ethernet ends). After that, you can do the same thing at the wall jacks, but it would be easier to replace them with ones that let you plug in a punchdown piece. Those come with 568A and 568B wiring codes. You just put each wire from each pair into the corresponding punchdown spot, push down with the tool and snip off the excess with some fingernail snips.
If you put your router in a spot where and outlet is located, you can feed a signal into your network panel (what you have pictured), get a network switch and send signal to the rest of your outlets. You won't be able to do it with that punchdown block.
You can buy the jacks for the wall plates I mentioned at Lowe's or Home Depot. They're called Keystone. You're going to need to terminate and put connectors on all of those lines running to that punchdown block. If you don't know how to do that, hit up someone that you know that may know how to do all of that or watch some YouTube videos on how to do it. It's pretty easy to do. You will need 3 tools to do it: A crimping tool, something to cut the outer jacket and a small pair of scissors.
The wiring diagram for 568b is White-Orange, Orange, White-Green, Blue, White-Blue, Green, White-Brown and Brown. That is looking from the bottom of the RJ-45 connector going left to right.
Posted on 5/20/17 at 5:47 pm to BigD45
Thanks BigD45 for the information. Lots of stuff in there doesn't make sense to me but google is my friend and will find out what I don't understand.
Posted on 5/20/17 at 7:13 pm to CHiPs25
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Thanks BigD45 for the information. Lots of stuff in there doesn't make sense to me but google is my friend and will find out what I don't understand.
You're welcome! If you have any questions, post them here, and I can help you as much as I can.
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