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#2644820 31-Jan-2021 19:04

jbrook3708:

What's the purpose of the yellow cable at the very top? Maybe a ground/earth?

its green and yellow, so will be an earth

if its a new build and its got fiber i doubt it will have an incoming POTS line so what would be supplied from the ONT or Router.

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#2644830 31-Jan-2021 19:28

Don't get disheartened.

There's alot of informed people here who will give good advice.

My suggestion is to answer any question people ask you.

Sometimes people post initial questions then ignore the replies which makes it hard to help.

Do you own the property or renting ?

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#2644833 31-Jan-2021 19:44

one thing to check will be to look behind each Ethernet wall plate and see if all 8 cores (4 pairs) are connected.

And it looks like you might only have 5 ports around the place?

its also disappointing they didnt cut the pvc pipe flush with the top of the cabinet, and the location of the ont,

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#2644843 31-Jan-2021 20:16

To very basically answer your original question, the grey cable should be punched down on the "Line In" strip on the Telecom Distribution Module.* The blue cable the grey is currently attached to and the loose blue cable should be punched down on two of the "To Location" strips - probably, but not necessarily, the ones numbered 1 and 2.

The reason you're not getting any signal at the wall plates is because with no "Line In" connection those wall plates are not connected to anything, although one will be somewhere through the direct connection to the grey cable. It's a mess currently but it is pretty simple to fix.

How many wall sockets do you have throughout the house?

* That's speaking to the current configuration. There should really be a mini patch panel there as sbiddle says. All your wiring going to one port on the router is wasting it's switching capabilities/efficiencies.

@coffeebaron - you have any mates servicing the Christchurch area?

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#2644854 31-Jan-2021 20:20

@Dratsab a Telecom Distribution Module is for voice circuits not data ones

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#2644857 31-Jan-2021 20:24

Jase2985: @Dratsab a Telecom Distribution Module is for voice circuits not data ones

I know. That's why I included the * line.

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#2644859 31-Jan-2021 20:26

Dratsab:

Jase2985: @Dratsab a Telecom Distribution Module is for voice circuits not data ones

I know. That's why I included the * line.

you just end up confusing things if people dont read things properly though.

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#2644876 31-Jan-2021 21:06

What part of Christchurch? I may be able to help.

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#2644894 31-Jan-2021 21:28

nztim:

allio:

Wow that is an absolute dog's breakfast.

Slight sidetrack: I'm speccing out the wiring in a new build townhouse and want 15 ethernet outlets throughout the house. Does anyone know of a 16 port patch panel that would fit in the kind of Dynamix in-wall cabinet the OP has? It seems like once you jump from 12 ports they all become huge 1U units (example). Or is the best bet to just use two 8 port panels?

I hate in-wall cabinets there is zero flexibility for things like switches and routers I prefer to terminate to the wall of a garage with the following

small rack https://cdlnz.com/RWM6 about $300

keystone panel https://cdlnz.com/PP-UK-24RM about $40

keystone modules https://cdlnz.com/FP-C6-008 about $10 each

The reason I recommend an unpopulated keystone panel is you can put other keystone modules in for things like F-type coax for tv etc

for the wall outlets I like PDL Iconic or 600 series mounted horizontally (this is a pedantic aesthetic look thing) however I don't like the PDL modules are they are not standards based keystone and prefer an PDL to Keystone adapter in the face plate and then use standard keystone modules

Thanks heaps for this.

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#2645028 1-Feb-2021 09:58

allio:
Wow that is an absolute dog's breakfast.

Slight sidetrack: I'm speccing out the wiring in a new build townhouse and want 15 ethernet outlets throughout the house. Does anyone know of a 16 port patch panel that would fit in the kind of Dynamix in-wall cabinet the OP has? It seems like once you jump from 12 ports they all become huge 1U units (example). Or is the best bet to just use two 8 port panels?

Not just a patch panel so a lot more $$ but Unifi make a nice small form factor 16 port switch (managed and with POE which can be useful)

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/SWHUBI816045/Ubiquiti-UniFi-Switch-Gen2-USW-Lite-16-POE-16-Port

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#2645031 1-Feb-2021 10:02

Iif it's an inwall cabinet just use 2x 8ports, that's what most do.

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#2645032 1-Feb-2021 10:03

JHarnski: I've recently moved into a newly built town house which has wall ethernet ports throughout the house, I cannot get them working however.

I've tried to do some digging around research wise but am confused by the setup of the box where all the cables gather in the garage, compared to pictures I have seen of others.

Any help as to what I need to do to get the ports connected would be very much appreciated!

Thanks

Do you own the house? Surely you can just go back to the building company and get them to sort it? We just moved into our new townhouse and we get about a year of ‘no questions asked fixes’ for pretty much anything that’s not up to scratch. That cabling is just plain unfinished and the building company should sort it.

Even if they just terminated all cables with an rj45 end so you could buy a simple switch that would be fine, that’s how mine was finished.

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#2646769 4-Feb-2021 09:35

this is the same size cabinet as yours, i just have the ONT and Router in mine, along with battery backup for both. there is not much space left

you could lilely fit an 8 port patch panel in there its just going to get pretty tight.

I have all my networking kit in a different location.

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