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PureFibre Install - bringing into house
Hello, I’m trying to switch from Shaw to TELUS and hit a bit of a hurdle during the installation. I have a new house with a panel in the basement that houses all my telecom connections. The house is w...
Spoke to an electrician and he agreed the cat5 cable is probably stapled somewhere along the way. He also asked me if they were inside conduit but I can’t access the box anymore without that special tool now that it’s closed to check. He felt it was best to have TELUS drill a hole to bring the fibre in. Maybe I have to ask another electrician, but it sounds like my options are limited.
Polecat, to answer some of your questions:
You’re right the routers are not exactly daisy chained. All cat5 jacks meet in the basement panel and run into network switches.
There is coax and Ethernet at all locations where I require a TV; however I want to use the Ethernet jacks for my routers. So I’m just left with the wifi option or coax for Optik TV. Not hopeful Wi-Fi will reach them all. When converting a coax for Optik TV is it just a matter of attaching something to the coax outlet?
Serviced overhead and cat 5 cables run to the TELUS box outside.
Thanks
Polecat, to answer some of your questions:
You’re right the routers are not exactly daisy chained. All cat5 jacks meet in the basement panel and run into network switches.
There is coax and Ethernet at all locations where I require a TV; however I want to use the Ethernet jacks for my routers. So I’m just left with the wifi option or coax for Optik TV. Not hopeful Wi-Fi will reach them all. When converting a coax for Optik TV is it just a matter of attaching something to the coax outlet?
Serviced overhead and cat 5 cables run to the TELUS box outside.
Thanks
Wilbur80 Is your basement panel have shaw cables in it and tel copper and the start of the cat runs to the outside telus box. And how far from where they go through the wall to the panel. Optik tv has wireless pvr and receivers that run on their wifi to run 4 tvs up to 60 meters away. google it you will find it Yes you can feed receivers with coax but with adapters Telus guy knows how to do that. Or use the cat cables and put wifi routers on far out outlets. It's hard to say how to do this i'd have to look at it. How to wires in hard places i know but not how to connect all the hardware. My thinking you have to have the ont and battery backup near the down panel and feed the cat cables and telephones wires and the coax if needed. Also use existing mesh setup if they will work with telus setup. When all walls and ceilings are finished it make thing difficult. I assume tel and shaw come down the outside wall then enter the house behind their demarcation boxes. Can you see where they come in on the inside. Polecat
