I believe four of the houses ethernet ports lead here.
It’s a block of wood…
this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2023
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Really shit ethernet splicing / coupling. Unless you don't have ethernet jacks anywhere, then the cables go to phone jacks that can be converted to ethernet jacks. If you convert them or already have ethernet jacks, I'd get these connections redone properly. The easiest way to do this would be to terminate them with an RJ45 connector and use cable couplers to connect them together.
Jank.
It's a Highband. Looks like it's a commscope or ADC. It's a valid way of getting further down the road when somebody can't measure.
An abomination
Got a word from my friend who's a sparky, that if I want, I can attatch RJ45 plugs on the ends of the cables running into the junction and then run the cables down my wall into a switch in my office. Would that work?
Might want to test the cables, one of them looks rough and slightly bent, also if I you terminate again, make sure to only have 1/4” or less exposed for crosstalk issues.
Someone’s losing their low voltage license. Lol
Rig job. That's a rig job right there.
But if it works.....
If that's what they spliced it with, it was wired for phone and probably won't work for ethernet. It's possible to run 10Mbps ethernet over ancient cat3 wiring, but it still needs to be connected properly. If all four outlets meet in one spot, they can just be wired together for phone but would need a switch for ethernet. And you typically don't want to have the switch up in the attic.
If feasible, I'd rip it out and replace with modern stuff (Cat6a or thereabouts), routing all the outlets to somewhere a switch can reasonably be located. If the wiring is cat 5 or better it would probably work if you replaced any such joints with a proper "network" one (may not do gigabit, but probably 100Mbit), but it would still be kinda iffy.
It's whatever you want it to be, Dorothy.
Getto patch panel
A candy present for a lumberjack?
Krone block demarc
I would call it a Temporary permanent fix.
Wire tap. They are listening.
Patch block.
Krone block.