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Old 03-06-2025, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by SpartanMark View Post
I put RG45s on all my wires and added an ethernet switch in the low volt box. Word of caution though more than half of the wall connectors wired by the builder's contractor were wired wrong or not punched down at all. Make sure you have an end-to-end tester. We use DirecTV boxes all hard wired even to the Lanai.
I'm not sure which village you live in but those RJ45 jacks were installed as phone jacks which is why the blue and orange wires are the only ones punched down. Also, in the bedrooms the wall plate is a telephone jack wall plate not an RJ45 ethernet jack so with those you need to replace the whole plate to convert it the an ethernet jack. Only in the new areas down South are RJ45 ethernet jacks installed and I understand that to cut costs, they don't install these jacks in every room unless you specify them.