Hopefully I explain this well - if any additional clarification, please let me know.
The townhouse I'm in was pre-wired with CAT-5e throughout, but most of the jacks throughout go unused. Currently the only ones that are used are behind the TV (where the modem and PVR reside) and a jack in the master bedroom for a second Optik box. As far as I can tell, these are the only two jacks that are currently getting an internet signal through them.
I'm looking at moving a few things and converting one of the spare bedrooms to a bit of a gaming room. Because it'd be used for online gaming, the ideal situation would be to have a hardwired connection, but I'm unsure of what I need to do here. Here's where I hope the explanation is clear...
The ethernet jack that the modem is plugged into has two ports. One comes into the modem from the wall, the other goes from one of the four modem ports back into the wall. This port is the one that handles the TV upstairs. I've tried looking through forums and such, but I haven't seen anything that looks quite the way this one is set up.
Looking in the panel, I have a POTS splitter, but I'm trying to figure out how exactly this is working. It appears that the jack in the living room is what gets the signal, but then the modem sends it back to the panel which then reroutes it upstairs.
I guess the question is going to be - is there an easy way to get this routed to one of the other bedrooms, or am I just going to have to cave and get a tech out here to take a look at it?
