I recently moved into a new home and they have Cat5E ethernet ports throughout, 2 in the living room(which is where I have set up my modem and router), 1 in the kitchen, 1 upstairs in a nook, and 2 in the master bedroom. I have a separate room set up as my office and have tried putting a cable through the ports (the one in the nook) to my computer via a long Cat5E cable and I have absolutely no connection. I am not sure if the ports even work. I have tried plugging into both ports ect. I tested the 2 cables I am using and they do work. Is there another way I can test the ports? Is there any other steps I should take? Do I need to buy a switch? Or are these ethernet ports wired as phone line ports?
This is what they look like (the 2 by the router)
View: http://imgur.com/a/2VCXLVY
Please let me know if I need to provide more info or images.
This is what they look like (the 2 by the router)
View: http://imgur.com/a/2VCXLVY
Please let me know if I need to provide more info or images.