I just bought a new house and seems like each room has a cat5e port and coax outlet but when I plug one port in a room into my modem and another port in a different room into my router, I don’t get a connection.
I assume I’d need to add a switch somewhere to get this working but I can’t figure out how. I think I found a patch panel where all the networking is set up but I only see a few disconnected wires.
It would be great if I can figure out how to get ethernet in each of my rooms but that seems like a lofty goal right now (especially if the ports are wired for POTS). Instead all I want is if I can set up my modem and router in one room and run it through the walls to my PC in a different room (ie, getting ethernet in a single room). If this isn’t possible with the current setup, what changes would I have to make? Is there any way to leverage the coax outlets instead?
Remove face plate and examine cabling behind it before you go too crazy. There may be none and this could have just been something to make the house look wired for an easier sale.
Get yourself an Ethernet cable tester as a first step - Then see if you have continuity through any of the cables and mark them accordingly. Then get a simple 5 or 8 port switch to distribute the Internet. If your router has open ports you may not even need a switch.