Spyware: If its Ethernet then obviously has to be star wired to a patch panel. If it isn't then have the electrician come back and rewire the house as it should be for free.
Not at all. The electrician may have just used CAT5/6 cable, run it back to a single wall outlet (if you're lucky) and 'scotchlok'd them together. Just because there's ethernet cable doesn't mean it's a structured cabling solution. I hope that's not the case here though, and the OP just hasn't found where the cables are terminated.
Actually, just re-reading the thread, it would be a bit strange to have ethernet cable terminated onto RJ45 wall outlets and not run them back to a patch panel, in which case I'd lean towards Spyware's statement about the job not having been done properly... If they'd been terminated onto BT sockets I'd understand why no patch panel.
Hmm there is a fiber media exchange plugged into a port at one end of the house and a router at the other end getting a signal so I will assume that the cabling is valid and in which case there will be a small patch bay somewhere... unless it is port to port connection... also I would of thought that as a sparky pulling cable and not labeling both ends would be sacrilege....
Will report back what I find out and what the result is...
martinjward: Hmm there is a fiber media exchange plugged into a port at one end of the house and a router at the other end getting a signal so I will assume that the cabling is valid and in which case there will be a small patch bay somewhere... unless it is port to port connection... also I would of thought that as a sparky pulling cable and not labeling both ends would be sacrilege....
Will report back what I find out and what the result is...
Is the ONT (what you refer to as the fibre media exchange) in the garage - if so it is likey that this in near where all the cat5 cables are joined together - usualy behind a blank face plate / the installers may have taken one of the existing cat5s and disconnected it from the group and reterminated it onto an RJ45 socket so they could use it to conect through to the RGW (Router) / the rest of the Cat5s would have all of their pr1 (blue/white-blue) connected together to distribute the phone to all the other jacks (this is the common practice 'cheaper' that installing proper patch panels)
It was in the garage yes! Tried taking a couple of faceplate off, but nothing seemed to make sense, will have to have another go at it whilst at the house once more armed with this info.
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