Hi, I recently moved into a house which I had thought was wired up for Ethernet only to find out all the rooms have phone sockets. Cable has cat5e written on it. I thought it would be a simple job to change the telephone ports to rj45 armed with rj45 modules and idc push down tool. The cables that end in the cupboard by the front door are not marked but the previous owner had left a switch (TPlink 8port) there and the cables were plugged into that when I moved in. I tried the socket in the bedroom and tested all the cables coming into the switch but no light on the tester. So nothing appears to work. When I plug all the cables into the switch there are no lights on the switch other than from the kitchen which has 2 separate cables going into the phone socket I am assuming one is the cctv and one for the phone. No idea why it’s been wired in this way.
Any advice on how to get Ethernet to each room using the existing cabling which is buried in the walls. I read another thread about wiring ethernet socket and will purchase one of those wire tracker gadgets or should I not waste any more time and money
Any advice on how to get Ethernet to each room using the existing cabling which is buried in the walls. I read another thread about wiring ethernet socket and will purchase one of those wire tracker gadgets or should I not waste any more time and money