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I only have WiFi but want to have WiFi + Ethernet/MoCA in my house
I'm a first-time home owner + new to TELUS so I don't have much experience yet with home networking. My Fiber is entering in through the basement ( Imgur: The magic of the Internet- first image)....
You can terminate those blue cables with RJ45 jacks in each room and with RJ45 plugs in the basement.
I'll assume you want to keep the router in the living room for better WiFi coverage and that you have an RJ11 (soon to be RJ45) jack in the living room.
Buy a 5 port unmanaged gigabit switch and put it in the basement.
Connect like this:
Router LAN --> RJ45 living room --- RJ45 basement --> switch port 1
Room 1 RJ45--RJ45 basement--> switch port 2
Room 2 RJ45--RJ45 basement--> switch port 3
Room 3 RJ45--RJ45 basement--> switch port 4
Room 4 RJ45--RJ45 basement--> switch port 5
Nighthawk
Community Power User
Community Power UserThe way the coax is set up, the other outlets won't work properly for it and they wouldn't be on the same network as the Wifi Hub is. The hub is the main router.
On the first photo, it looks like there are several blue ethernet cables where the ONT is located. They're just missing the plastic clips on the ends / not terminated in a patch panel. If those blue ethernet cables are used as phone lines, and you don't have a landline, it wouldn't take much to rewire the phone jacks from RJ11 to RJ45. Is there a phone jack bear where the Wi-Fi Hub is located in the living room? Are you also sure there are no ethernet jacks anywhere? I'm not used to seeing the phone lines just dangling loose in the basement.
Can't edit my previous comment.
I checked the blue cables in the basement + behind the RJ11 outlets in the house and there's 8 wires (4 sets of two) in all of them. So I'm assuming my house has in fact been wired for ethernet, but the previous owner just never used it and didn't re-wire the ends?
- Nighthawk
Most newer builds are using ethernet for phone lines. My place was built in 2008 and has separate ethernet cables for both data and landline. I even had one of my phone jacks converted to RJ45 and it works fine.
The previous owner of your place likely didn't use the phone lines for anything and the builder originally wired them up for a landline. If you were to convert the jacks to RJ45, you would have to likely move the Wi-Fi hub down to the ONT, or if there is a phone jack near the Wifi Hub's current location, just convert the jacks, connect the Wi-Fi Hub, and then put a gigabit ethernet switch next to the ONT and connect all of the ethernet lines to it. You'd need to put ends on the cables but that's not too hard. Wiring guides can be found online and the tool to crimp the ends on the cables isn't super expensive. (Example) The RJ45 wall plates can be found at many stores. Likely even local hardware stores though I would recommend shopping around as some places are super pricey for them. Some may also need a mounting bracket. Some wall plates have the screws on the back to attach the wires, like phone jacks, while others can have a keystone where you'd have to use a punchdown tool to put the cables in. (It's fairly easy) Or if you don't feel comfortable doing the wiring work, electricians can do it pretty quick since they don't have to run wires.
My home was built in 2007, and yes there's a phone jack next to the WiFi Hub so I'll follow your and xray's suggestions.
Many thanks!
I have 5 RJ11 outlets (1 in each room) which all look pretty much identical to this Imgur: The magic of the Internet
Since on the second cable the same blue cable is visible, does that mean my house is already wired for ethernet, but I just need to have the jacks re-wired? I wasn't able to find any RJ45 outlets in the house.
