ethernet connections

[low drains drifter]

we've used wi-fi internet in our house for many years. When the house was rewired we had ethernet sockets installed in some of the rooms. How do I find out where these sockets are connected to? should the connection be before or after the router?

 

[sparkymarka]

Into the router or via a switch if you need to connect more than 4 ….( most routers only have 4 max )

 

[low drains drifter]

Into the router or via a switch if you need to connect more than 4 ….( most routers only have 4 max )

thanks. how does the internet signal get to the ethernet socket?

 

[Murdochcat]

we've used wi-fi internet in our house for many years. When the house was rewired we had ethernet sockets installed in some of the rooms. How do I find out where these sockets are connected to? should the connection be before or after the router?

Somewhere in your house you should find a number of cables together

Fingers crossed they will be terminated with connectors and plugged in to an Ethernet switch

 

[sparkymarka]

You are joking aren’t you ?

 

[low drains drifter]

just going off at a tangent here but are powerline adapters any good?

 

[low drains drifter]

Somewhere in your house you should find a number of cables together

Fingers crossed they will be terminated with connectors and plugged in to an Ethernet switch

thanks, how does the internet signal get to this bunch of cables? from what I can see the cable with the signal
goes straight to the router

 

[Murdochcat]

There needs to be a cable from the router to the switch.

Have you located the point in the house where there are a few cables

Power line adaptors can be good

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

thanks, how does the internet signal get to this bunch of cables? from what I can see the cable with the signal
goes straight to the router.

For a normal, old-fashioned, telephone line, it splits of the line via a filter, one outlet to your phone, the other, to a modem/router. That last item, provides you with a LAN - your own network. Usually four wired outlets, to enable four separate wired LAN devices to be plugged in. Usually, modem/routers include a wifi access point as well, so your wifi items can connect via wifi.

The modem connects/interfaces your LAN, to the wider Internet.

 

[sparkymarka]

Post pictures of what you have in the rooms and what you have near the router

 

[low drains drifter]

There needs to be a cable from the router to the switch.

Have you located the point in the house where there are a few cables

Power line adaptors can be good

quote - "there needs to be a cable from the router to the switch". This is exactly the information I was looking for. I just didn't know how the internet signal got to the ethernet sockets in the other rooms?

 

[Murdochcat]

quote - "there needs to be a cable from the router to the switch". This is exactly the information I was looking for. I just didn't know how the internet signal got to the ethernet sockets in the other rooms?

The “switch” is a box which all the Ethernet cable’s plug into

Have you located Where all the cables run to ?

 

[low drains drifter]

Post pictures of what you have in the rooms and what you have near the router

I'll post pics of rooms and near the router but here are some cables that I found in the cellar. any use?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I'll post pics of rooms and near the router but here are some cables that I found in the cellar. any use?

You first photo, appears to be a TV antenna amp, so TV cables. Your second photo show mains cables and a joint box. Nothing to do with Internet or LAN cables.

 

[low drains drifter]

socket in room & wires near router.