Connecting broadband points from hub

Tillerman08

Hi all

I have installed broadband/TV points in each room of my house. Each of these points is connected to a central hub in attic using cat 5 cable. I have recently connected to Vodafone who have installed a main box. This main box is the only point where we can get a broadband connection.

When I called Vodafone they told me that my electrician must patch the other connections from the hub to main box and the rest of the points to other rooms will work.

When I talked to my electrician- he tells me that he normally would not do this as he dosen't know how!

Can someone please tell me exactly what I need to get done and who do I get to do it- As you can see I haven't much of a clue myself!


Thanks in advance

FSL

Is there a cat 5 connection point near to the Vodafone modem? If so you just have to connect one of the Lan ports on the modem to the connection point and then you can plug your devices into any of the cat 5 points throughout the house.

Tillerman08

Thanks for that - will try it and see if that solves problem

FSL wrote: »

Is there a cat 5 connection point near to the Vodafone modem? If so you just have to connect one of the Lan ports on the modem to the connection point and then you can plug your devices into any of the cat 5 points throughout the house.

STEINBERG

So you need to connect the hub to the vodafone main box........ what type of router is it? How many LAN connections

hearny

The electrician would usually just wire up the cat5 without terminating them.

All the sockets on the wall will link back to a patch panel in the attic, from the sounds of it the patch panel may not have been put in place.

Your best bet is to have a look in the attic to see where the cables end up.

They should end up in patch panel similar to these:

https://www.google.com/search?site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1279&bih=676&q=patch+panel+cat5&oq=patch+panel+cat5&gs_l=img.3..0l2j0i24l2.2592.6976.0.7715.16.13.0.3.3.0.140.622.11j2.13.0....0...1ac.1.31.img..0.16.634.fC441bUEX7k

From there they will be joined up to a hub or switch using patch leads.

You more than likely need to get somebody in to terminate the cables properly.

Tillerman08

Thanks for post- was a great help

hearny wrote: »

The electrician would usually just wire up the cat5 without terminating them.

All the sockets on the wall will link back to a patch panel in the attic, from the sounds of it the patch panel may not have been put in place.

Your best bet is to have a look in the attic to see where the cables end up.

They should end up in patch panel similar to these:

https://www.google.com/search?site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1279&bih=676&q=patch+panel+cat5&oq=patch+panel+cat5&gs_l=img.3..0l2j0i24l2.2592.6976.0.7715.16.13.0.3.3.0.140.622.11j2.13.0....0...1ac.1.31.img..0.16.634.fC441bUEX7k

From there they will be joined up to a hub or switch using patch leads.

You more than likely need to get somebody in to terminate the cables properly.