At a friends flat-share house and trying to help with his network. There’s an issue with wired connection. It’s ok as wireless using TpLink extender but they want a fixed connection for the smart tv. Virgin hub into net gear router works properly. Laptop plugged into each port of the router works. The router usually has 7 cables connected to each rooms fixed port but NONE of the fixed ports are showing a connection. Can I assume that the terminating points of the CAT5 cabling need to be powered (POE) and that is the issue or could it be that these end points just aren’t wired properly? I’m getting no signal from all 6 rooms! Thanks in advance, Ian
I just can’t understand why each connection is not producing an output by the time it gets from the router to the faceplate when the router is working fine… just guessing re POE! Assuming they are just standard face plates by the look of them.
Poe is just for powering things. no connection on each room? I would be pulling the plates off then testing the cables... or even seeing if the are connected at each end
If there are cat5 or cat6 cables attached to the inside of the faceplate you'll need to test them. https://www.screwfix.com/p/philex-network-cable-tester/93219
The guy that installed it seems to have sorted it out - there's, apparently, a switch inside the face plate that the installer has always set to A but on the installation date, the apprentice had set all but two of the connections to B. A quick check and change switches and all good - thanks for the help!
