I just moved to a new house that has CAT5 wiring installed by the previous owner.
My current ISP has run wiring from their box outside, to a network box in my garage, and from one of those CAT5 wires in the network box to my basement office.
From that box in the garage, I have 4 CAT5 wires running to various rooms in the house. In addition, in that box, I have 6 COAX cables running to various rooms in the house.
I have two questions:
1) The easiest way for me to take advantage of those CAT5 wires would be to run a new CAT5 from my router to the networking box, then add a switch, then plug in those CAT5 wires, right?
2) One of the rooms I would like wired internet in does NOT have a CAT5 wire, but does have COAX cables. Is there any way to take advantage of those COAX cables to get wired internet to that room?
Thank you in advance for any feedback/assistance you can provide!
My current ISP has run wiring from their box outside, to a network box in my garage, and from one of those CAT5 wires in the network box to my basement office.
From that box in the garage, I have 4 CAT5 wires running to various rooms in the house. In addition, in that box, I have 6 COAX cables running to various rooms in the house.
I have two questions:
1) The easiest way for me to take advantage of those CAT5 wires would be to run a new CAT5 from my router to the networking box, then add a switch, then plug in those CAT5 wires, right?
2) One of the rooms I would like wired internet in does NOT have a CAT5 wire, but does have COAX cables. Is there any way to take advantage of those COAX cables to get wired internet to that room?
Thank you in advance for any feedback/assistance you can provide!