I have a bunch of useless phone jacks in several rooms of my house, and I’m wondering how much this would cost me. I took a look at the housing behind them and it doesn’t seem like anything I could convert myself, so it seems like a qualified electrician job…
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sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 2 days ago
When we finished our basement, I had the electrician run two Cat-6 cables to a box right by every outlet and back to a single point. I had to terminate and punch everything down. But, now I have Ethernet throughout the basement.
Totally worth it.
Katana314@lemmy.world 2 days ago
JTPorkins@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You can just cut them out and replace them with Ethernet wall jacks, they are pretty cheap. Most have color coded punch downs on the back. Use the existing phone lines to pull the cables through the walls to wherever the phone lines end in a junction and that’s where you can set up a switch or router.
feddylemmy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I just recently ran a bunch of cables in the house. Lots of work, but yes definitely worth it.