FIOS RJ45 to "wireless" and back to RJ45

[BenW301]

So i have FIOS service at my Condo. When it was setup by the previous owner it was installed in the utility closet near the front door which is not where the old landline cables run. So up to this point i have had my landline answering machine in the close with the ONT box but would like to move it to my home office on the other side of the condo. The fact that it's a condo is important because i don't have an attic i can easily run a new RJ45 cable through and drop it down into the office.

So my question is, since most phone systems have to have the main line in to the base. Does anyone know of a model that has a mini base that acts as a dongle and so the main base can be placed in a different location and connected wirelessly? Or of a third-party solution that will get me the same setup? Ideally i want to stay away from the 802.11 bases networks for this because the interference is horrible in my building with all the other networks around. Also the cellphone/wireless options are out because i barely get on bar anywhere in my condo which is why i use the landline for most of my outgoing calls to start with.

 

[ronintexas]

You might want to consider having a contractor do this - you can spend $200 - $300 easily getting the things setup for you, where the contractor should be able to get the cabling run for slight more ($300 - $500) (unless you are running a lot of cabling within the house). Having the wifi router and the phone cabling installed in the right spot would benefit you and give you prime performance without buying additional equipment.

FIOS may even come out and move the installation to the proper spot - give them a call and ask for the price - most cable companies charge $60 per cable run.

 

[BenW301]

Sorry i should have clarified, it's not that i don't think a line CAN be run. It's that i don't want to have one run, it's hard to describe without standing in my condo, but it alternates between a drywall drop ceiling and drywall right on the slab ceiling depending on the room, and unfortunately there isn't an clear path that wouldn't involve a lot of drywall repair and some really awkward wire fishing. Believe me, im wrapping up the full gutting and rebuilding of the kitchen, if i though knocking holes in the walls would get me there without much effort i would have done that already.

 

[bill001g]

It doesn't matter if they run 802.11 or something else they will interfere. You really only have a limited amount of unlicensed radio bands and they are massively over crowded. This is why baby monitors and cordless phones already interfere with WiFi.

So if wifi won't work then you are left with varies forms of cabled options. If you have coax in both rooms you can try MoCa network adapters. You can also try powerline network and use the electrical wires but these too are a form of radio transmission and do not work in all houses. The fancy new arc fault breakers that are required by new building codes tend to block powerline pretty well. Now if you have telephone cable that is of good quality you should be able to rewire it into ethernet. If you have 4 pair you can get gig but even with 2 pair you could get 100m. If you get really desperate they make a form of DSL that extends ethernet over normal private telephones lines. These tend to be a little expensive though.

As far as running a new cable is running it on the outside of the building a option. Pretty much the cable companies never run their stuff internally they run it on the outside and just drill though into whatever room is simplest.

 

[BuddhaSkoota]

There are devices that are very similar to powerline network adapters, except that they carry voice service over your home's electrical wiring.

A couple of examples:

http://www.amazon.com/Audiovox-RC940-Wireless-Portable-Phone/dp/B000PK1RPC
http://www.amazon.com/RCA-RC926-Wireless-Phone-Jack/dp/B00000J08Q

A search for "wireless telephone jack" turns up more devices:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_n_1?rh=n%3A281505%2Ck%3Awireless+telephone+jack&keywords=wireless+telephone+jack&ie=UTF8&qid=1412480274&rnid=2941120011