05-10-2024, 02:06 PM | #1 |
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Question about internet output jack
I just got off the phone w my ISP tech, apparently it doesn't matter if one is using cable/fiber/etc internet, there is only one (1) working jack designated per home (in my case, doesn't matter I have 2 cable outlets). I was frustrated because I wanted to use the ethernet cable in my bedroom (instead of relying in slower wifi) so I moved the modem from the living room to my bedroom but the jack there didn't work. If I wanted the bedroom jack to work, I would have to deactivate the living room one (since it's only 1 working jack per home).
Is this correct?
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A lot of new homes will put the jacks on the wall but wont run actual CAT cable to them. Take the panel off and see if there's actual cable attached to it.
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That would be crazy dishonest and I doubt that's the case for me since there are wirings in the IT box or whatever ppl call that to indicate there are 2 boxes being supplied.
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Its literally like one screw, just pop the cover off the wall and look. My last house had this exact issue.
If the cable is there, there should be one area in your home where the ISP primary ethernet is run, your modem HAS to be plugged into that one. If you want your other ethernet ports plugs in your home to work your modem will need to have extra ports on it and those ethernet outlets will need to be plugged into the modem. Here's a photo of my setup for you to make sense of it better. Modem (black cable) is plugged into my mesh network router, mesh router (yellow cable) is then plugged into my ethernet switch, my ethernet outlets (the blue cables) are plugged into the ethernet switch. I then have another mesh router plugged into an ethernet outlet downstairs along with whatever else plugged into the outlets throughout my house.
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I just have a very basic setup: it's the cable from my living room wall outlet to the modem, modem ethernet to my wifi router, which has 4 ports for ethernet wires (none being used rn...previously I had 1 for my laptop when it was there); my bedroom laptop is just getting wifi atm. I guess my solution if I really want ethernet in the bedroom is to run a very long cable but I don't want to bother doing that. My router is ancient (~14 yrs old) but still alright so I'm not planning on upgrading any time soon. I guess I have to be satisfied w this setup unless there's something totally obvious that I missed.
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Ya unless you have a central area where all of your outlets meet (like the white box in my picture) your out of luck unless you just want to run 100ft of Ethernet cable from your modem to each room lol
Just buy a nice mesh network and you can take advantage of decent wifi speeds.
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Just going back to my OP question: so it's true there's only 1 working outlet per ISP or per home? I'm very basic...no idea what 'mesh network' means haha.
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That one wire is then ran into your house and your modem has to hook up to that as that’s your gateway to your ISP. All of my outlets work but that’s because my modem is feeding those outlets through my Ethernet switch like i mentioned earlier. Maybe ask your home builder where the outlets run off to? They have to go somewhere. I only have a vague understanding of this stuff, just enough to get mine to work haha.
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Anyway, I guess I can't do anything rn.
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