Silly Interweb Question

karlitob

Hi all,

Apologies if this is in the wrong forum. As always, I have a silly question I would like to ask.

I recently renovated the whole house - a full rewire. We put internet points into most rooms in the house (and tv points for that matter).

We have a wire that the electrician says is where the cable that leads to all the internet points starts. So my question is, when the internet company come out, they will have to put in a cable box, yes? Do they directly attach the internet cable to my internet wire? And I should have internet at all points throughout the house? (This should be the same for the tv also, yes?). I know, stupid question.

And one more while I'm here. I presume they will have to sink a hole from the external wall in to bring the wire in for the cable. Where does that cable come from. Since we've just done the house I don't want cables all over the front of it.


Many thanks. Hope it makes sense.

K

Torqay

Did your electrician leave you a diagram?

Usually, all network cables end in a hub/switch (or even a router), all you'll have to is connect the switch to the modem/router provided by your ISP.

Firblog

I believe that what your electrican means is that once your internet provider connects that 'wire' to their router (cable box) then you will have broadband access from any network point in your house.

There should be no need for your service provider to put in any more wires.

FSL

If it is only a single wire then what the electrician has probably done is loop the cable around the house which is virtually useless.

I would check with the electrician and if he has looped it then he will have to redo it.

karlitob

FSL wrote: »

If it is only a single wire then what the electrician has probably done is loop the cable around the house which is virtually useless.

I would check with the electrician and if he has looped it then he will have to redo it.

Hi there,

Thanks for that. Why is it useless? How do I determine that - besides just asking him?

Thanks again for your comments?

karlitob

Firblog wrote: »

I believe that what your electrican means is that once your internet provider connects that 'wire' to their router (cable box) then you will have broadband access from any network point in your house.

There should be no need for your service provider to put in any more wires.

Perfect, I was hoping as much.

The ISP bore a hole in from the outside to place tha cable box. Where does that external wire come from initially?

Born To Be Mild

Internet Cable isn't like phone cable. It's a digital signal so you can't just split the cable off into a few different points. It needs to go through a switch / router which manages where the data goes. One single loop with the cable split is useless as mentioned above as all data will be going everywhere. If the electrician only left one cable exposed, ask him where it goes. It's possible he installed a switch and this cable should connect to the modem your ISP gives you.