Quick question,
Getting Vodafone 1 gigfast in soon and was looking to get some advice.
Currently everyroom in the house has a phone socket with Cat5e cabling, none of which is being used for phones i may add.
Once Vodafone does there thing,is it possible for me to install a switch in the attic and run a feed up to it from the phone socket that sits beside the router/modem and then using the current cables that run to each room replace the phone socket faceplates with a ethernet socket ?
Connection, i think would be as follows:
Make connection from router/modem to ethernet faceplate beside router/modem.....up the conduit in the wall to switch in the attic ( feed in ).
Cut the current cat5e cables that are running to phone sockets in rooms and replace the ends,insert into switchin the attic.
Change faceplates in rooms to ethernet plates and simply connect devices.
Would that work or is it best to pull all cables out and replace with cat7 but still have the same overall connection method from router/modem etc.
Thanks
Getting Vodafone 1 gigfast in soon and was looking to get some advice.
Currently everyroom in the house has a phone socket with Cat5e cabling, none of which is being used for phones i may add.
Once Vodafone does there thing,is it possible for me to install a switch in the attic and run a feed up to it from the phone socket that sits beside the router/modem and then using the current cables that run to each room replace the phone socket faceplates with a ethernet socket ?
Connection, i think would be as follows:
Make connection from router/modem to ethernet faceplate beside router/modem.....up the conduit in the wall to switch in the attic ( feed in ).
Cut the current cat5e cables that are running to phone sockets in rooms and replace the ends,insert into switchin the attic.
Change faceplates in rooms to ethernet plates and simply connect devices.
Would that work or is it best to pull all cables out and replace with cat7 but still have the same overall connection method from router/modem etc.
Thanks
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