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Activation of CAT 5 ports

Hi,

We have all three of your services (TV, Internet and phone) and I'm very new to setting up a network, and need help with the activation of the CAT 5 ports in my home. The current setup for the internet service is: Coaxial cable, to the Actiontec router, LAN to computer. The home is only a couple of years old, and each room has a wall panel that includes a CAT 5 port and coaxial outlet.

The home also has a "junction box" or central panel inside the master bedroom, which appears to feed the phone lines and coaxial outlets. There is an open ethernet port on the panel, along with a few loose coaxial cables. Would I be able to activate all the CAT 5 ports in the home, by moving the router within the panel, and connecting the open port on the panel to the WAN port on the Actiontec router, along with a connecting one of the coaxial cables?

I would appreciate your help.

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Provider7

I presume you have FIos?

If your house is wired with ethernet, why cant you take an ethernet wire from your actiontec lan port, run it to the outlet in the office....now it's feeding the junction box in the master bedroom. If you have a panel/switch where the other cat5's are plugged in, they should now be distributing the internet to the other outlets.

The other option...If your Ont is feeding coax to a splitter in the junction box, you could hook up your actiontec to the splitter and then run the Lan out to your panel/switch feeding the other rooms.

Remember...LAN....NOT...WAN

"If your house is wired with ethernet, why cant you take an ethernet wire from your actiontec lan port, run it to the outlet in the office....now it's feeding the junction box in the master bedroom."

Yes, I have Fios. What outlet in what office are you referring to, that feeds the junction box in the master bedroom?

Provider7

I thought you mentioned that "each room has a wall panel that includes a CAT 5 port and coaxial outlet" and don't they all terminate in the junction box in the master bedroom?.

Each room does but, I'm not sure how you came to the conclusion that there is an office and, that would be the outlet that feeds the junction box in the master bedroom.

Anyhow, as I asked initially, would I be able to activate the CAT 5 outlets by, plugging the open ethernet port on the junction box to the LAN port on the router/modem?

CharlesH

As far as the ethernet ports, for each run, they will need to be connected to a 8-port or 16-port (depending on the amount of runs you have) ethernet switch at where the junction panel is, then from the switch, connects to one of the the lan ports on the Verizon Provided router. Also, this can change a little depending on if you use wireless and where you WANT to put the router. I would create a visio diagram to simplify the process but they don't give us that here.

prisaz

If you have CAT5 Ethernet Jacks installed at each location, and remove the cable from the phone splitter in your junction box, you can have phone and ethernet over the same CAT5 cable.

Phone and ethernet is done like this in comercial aplications all the time.

There are a number of products that do this. You could have Cat 5 Ethernet, RJ 11 Phone and COAX connector on each wall plate with your existing CAT 5 wire. You would need a telco / network technician that knows how to do this. I had a wiring example out there somewhere but have not been able to locate it for do it yourself. I don't remember the pairs off the top of my head.

Or terminate both ends of the CAT5 cable like an ethernet cable and use this link to locate the splitters. http://dual-comm.com/RJ45_RJ11_Cable_Share.htm

Single line phone uses only one pair. You have 4 pair on CAT5 and Ethernet only uses two pair. So you could have provisions for a two line phone and ethernet.

Message Edited by prisaz on 01-27-2009 03:35 PM

prisaz

Here are some more examples. I looked for the book I had but it's under something. I just typed a long example but it vanished. So here are some links.

http://www.mavromatic.com/archives/000458

http://www.derose.net/steve/guides/wiring/#phone

Message Edited by prisaz on 01-27-2009 04:32 PM

prisaz

One more thing. Adding telephone to CAT5 does break some rules for CAT5 Ethernet. And also puts high ringer voltages on the line. So care must be taken not to cross anything up. Or smoke could come out. Just thought I would throw that in before someone else does.

Provider7

Using the shared configuration....does this limit the data flow with less conductors?

philhu

Yes, if you share the wire, Ethernet will NOT do 1GB then. So, if you share the Cat-5, later when you go to upgrade to 1GB, it will NOT work.

chartle

When I had my walls down for remodel I ran cat5 through the walls and up to my son's room.

Now they can hookup their Xbox without going wireless. Oh and my house wasn't built 2 years ago it was built two centuries ago well actually 1892 Smiley Very Happy .

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