![]() It is usually run over Cat5* and Cat6* (these have 4 pairs of wire, totaling 8 wires). It terminates into an RJ-45 jack (similar to rj11 but larger). On one side is their wiring, on the other side is the wiring coming into the house (and is your responsibility if there is a problem).Įthernet is a standard for the transmission of data and can be used over Cat3, rated at a maximum of 100mbps. The phone company wiring terminates their wiring from the pole on the side of your house in a NID. For standard voice, only two of the wires are actually used (one for sending, one for receiving). For phone connections, these are terminated into RJ-11 jacks. But gigabit requires all 8.īased on the picture you supplied, your house is wired with 2pair, Category 3 Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP). On the off chance I’m wrong and there’s only 4 wires, all is not lost. Start by looking at where the outside phone line comes in and follow it to where it goes on the inside. You’ll need to look in your basement or crawlspace or likely wherever your breaker panel is located and look for a bunch of cables that branch out to the house. You can go get the Leviton keystone Jack inserts or something similar and you’ll be good to go. IF you have home runs, and IF you find 8 wires under the jacket, you’re in business. with a white stripe compliment to each one. Meaning if you strip back the jacket, you should find 4 pairs: orange, blue, brown, and green. If you have hone run wiring, there is good news: those cables are both looking like cat5. But if you don’t see two cables, just one cable with the wires coming out of that cable being attached to the jack, there’s a chance that you do have home run wiring. If you see the jack and two cables running to the jack, then they are in fact daisy chained. ![]() ![]() Not impossible but shoddy nonetheless.Ĭheck a phone jack in one of your rooms. But only 8 years ago that would have been considered a shoddy practice. If every room with a phone is basically daisy chained together, you’re kinda hosed. ![]() u/RoweDent created this awesome resource on network theory u/tht1kidd_ has created a suggestion post regarding information everyone needs to provide when asking a question about their network There have been some excellent guides written in this sub, and we're always looking for more! If you wish for your flair to be changed, please message the mods and we'll be happy to change it for you. Proof of at least 6 month's history of posting in this subredditĪs a result of this, users are now no longer able to edit their own flair. Your highest level of industry certification, or highest IT related job title held in the last 5 years ![]() to a comment you made in the last 6 months, helping someone in the community To obtain trusted flair for your account please message the mods of /r/HomeNetworking with the following info Trusted user flair has been added as a means of verification that a user has a substantial knowledge of networking. Please flair your posts as Solved, Unsolved, or simply Advice. If you can't find what you're looking for with the search function please feel free to post a new question after reading the posting guidelines Please use the search function to look for keywords related to what you want to ask before posting since most common issues have been answered. ![]()
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