Setting up home network- new place

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evilevo5

5 posts

Wannabe Geek

#305745 1-Jun-2023 14:34

Hello All,

Need some help guys. So I am moved into a new place where every room has LAN (RJ45) wall socket. So my ONT box and modem both located in living room where I also have LAN sockets (2 ports )

So my question is how do I connect the devices?
ONT --> modem wan port
Modem lan port one --> wall socket port 1
Wall socket port 1 --> device X

When I do above port 1 and 2 in my modem / router doesn't light up??

Pleae note when I connect
Ont --> modem
Modem --> device
I have Internet

I haven't traced the cable to see where the Ethernet cable is terminating from the wall socket yet.

My question is above that I mentioned is that connect ? Is that is how I meant to connect all the devices?

Any help will be apprenticed.

Thank you

hsvhel

1237 posts

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#3083288 1-Jun-2023 14:40

Wheres your distro panel for the network. someone may have taken their switch when they left

Send a pic of what it looks like

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trig42

5810 posts

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#3083345 1-Jun-2023 15:21

As above,

All of those wall sockets must terminate somewhere (check the garage).

You'd go ONT - WAN on Router.

LAN1 on Router to Port 1 in the wall.

Buy a cheap 8-port gigabit switch, put it in the distribution box, wherever that is.

Port 1 in the Dist box into any port on the switch.

Any other port on the switch to any other port in the distribution box

Those ports to devices.

Note, if there are other devices you want to connect where the ONT and router are, just go from the other LAN ports on the router to those.

evilevo5

5 posts

Wannabe Geek

#3084491 3-Jun-2023 20:26

trig42:
As above,

All of those wall sockets must terminate somewhere (check the garage).

You'd go ONT - WAN on Router.

LAN1 on Router to Port 1 in the wall.

Buy a cheap 8-port gigabit switch, put it in the distribution box, wherever that is.

Port 1 in the Dist box into any port on the switch.

Any other port on the switch to any other port in the distribution box

Those ports to devices.

Note, if there are other devices you want to connect where the ONT and router are, just go from the other LAN ports on the router to those.

Hello Team, this issue is resolved. Contacted the last owner and he told me how it was setup.
So the lAN ports are actually connected to each other between the two rooms. So one end connects to the modem and other end connects to the device I.e. laptop. No switch in the house. This is more like back to back installation.

Thanks for your help.