How to activate Ethernet port in Wall.

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Hello I am new to networking.I bought a townhouse which as a box connecting all the wires.Seeing the picture could someone help me how to activate Ethernet ports in the wall.

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Are you referring now to the coax cable? The splitter is only need if you need to have the coax activated at multiple jacks.

If the modem and router are going to be located at the panel, you won't need the network switch unless you need more LAN ports than is available on the router.
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The panel appears to be currently wired for telephone only, and the phone patch panel shown is not usable. You'll need to do a few things to prepare for Ethernet.

- If you want to activate all ports, you'll need to purchase a network switch. This 8-port switch works well, but any good brand name one will be fine. A single port can be activated without a switch.

- Terminate the cables with RJ-45 connectors. If you haven't done this before, you may want to practice on scrap cable, since you may be working with a limited length of cable. An alternative is to use a patch panel and a punch-down tool, but you might have to pay a little more for the panel, tool, and patch cables.

- Make sure the jacks in the rooms are RJ-45 jacks, and not telephone (RJ-11). If they need to be changed, you'll need to purchase new ones and a crimp or punch-down tool depending on the type of jack.

Example patch panel:
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So I need to do the following.

Buy a patch panel.
Disconnect the ethernet cable from the telephone panel.
connect the disconnected rj45 cable from the telephone panel to the new ethernet patch panel.
connect the cable from cox to the modem to router to switch and from switch to the ethernet patch panel.
unfortunately,I have three Rj11 in my rooms so i need to change them to Rj45 as well.


My question is can I connect the cox cable to the splitter and from spiltter to modem and the same setup as above..

 
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Are you referring now to the coax cable? The splitter is only need if you need to have the coax activated at multiple jacks.

If the modem and router are going to be located at the panel, you won't need the network switch unless you need more LAN ports than is available on the router.
 
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