Networking / Electrical Question

irishguy1012

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1. I am in a new build home
2. I have SIRO Fibre broadband installed downstairs
3. I have data points upstairs that came with the new build. See pic attached

Two questions:

1. Do I get an electrician to fit these as a network port?
2. Do I simply run an rj45 from the port to my device to get internet? aka I don't have to mess with routers downstairs

Thanks,

K

TheChizler

You can easily fit one of these yourself. If the other end of the cable comes out by your broadband router you just use a patch cable to connect from the port to the router and the upstairs port to your device.

https://www.screwfix.ie/p/mk-base-double-rj45-ethernet-socket-white-with-white-inserts/842PF?gclid=CjwKCAjwvfmoBhAwEiwAG2tqzIqsLvOAHaNMkczV9PfQotaDxE3bPvBDfSmquxXI8xbCsROvJMblFBoCjNgQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

https://www.techadvisor.com/article/726804/how-wire-ethernet-wall-socket.html

wolfbang

I would just put in a wireless mesh and not bother with the wired points. If you have a concrete floor and it is killing the signal to upstairs you could terminate one of the upstairs points in to the router. You would need a patch tool to connect the RJ45 plug/sockets.