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Old 08-11-2024, 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by BubblesandPat View Post
I guess I could take a plate off the wall and see how it's labeled but my question is who do i call to make them hot? I am sure it requires something done either at the connection box either outside or in our garage. Spectrum was useless...my old house had a closet in the hallway you connected a router switch to and this allowed all the ethernet jacks to be live through the switch. There was a single coax connection for your cable modem and you connected your switch to the modem. That is what I was hoping for here...
It's easier to just look at the wires in the low voltage box.

To make the wires "live" (if you have Xfinity or Spectrum), you would have to have the modem/router in the low voltage box and connect the Ethernet cables to the router. You might also need an Ethernet switch.

Finally, one other suggestion is to use a Powerline adapter. This allows you to run the Ethernet signals (internet) over the power lines in your home. I tried this several years ago and was not happy with the performance. It may be better now.

https://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-Power...s%2C117&sr=8-2