upc internet in but no idea how to connect to built in network

bonkers

Wondering if anyone can help -moved in to an office which has built in network and upc installed today but they couldnt find how to connect to that network.

There are 3 rooms each with box with connections that correspond to the network points. UPC connected their cables to their own modems in one of the boxes but did not connect it up.

Two questions really

How do we connect UPC to an exisiting network
2. Do you reckon all boxes are connected?

thanks in advancehttp://imgur.com/DGdnh1H

degsie

If those 'boxes' are switches or hubs then you will need to either connect each to a port on the UPC router or create a 'daisy chain' link starting from the router and then have a link going to the first box and then from the first box to the second and so on.

Ctrl Alt Del

Power on the UPC router
Buy a switch (lets say a 24 ports 1Gb port level speed and install it in the cabinet,power on,connect a cable from switch on to the UPC router.

In each office:
identify the number of the closest more efficient network point to each user device.
take a note of each point
run a CAT5/6 network cable from that point and connect it in the back of device dedicate network point

In the Patch panel Cabinet:
with the above map or table on the paper conenct all the patch panel spoints labelled above on the first 1/2Us in the newly purchased switch

Power-on the end user device and you should have a physical link from device-wall-patch_panel-switch-UPC_router-internet !
Each number that is on the patch panel int he cabinet corresponds with same number in the wall module ,beside your desk (theoretically).
Each device connected in wall at #22 should be identified on patch panel at#22 but in the switch,it could go on any ports...When connected live,you should have a green/amber light,steady or flashing !

Have fun...

bonkers

Thanks so much for information guys.

It's a small three room 900sqft office seems so weird that they didn't think the hubs should be connected

ressem

In your picture of the network cabinet, it looks like the thick greyish cable is your phone connections which probably goes to the lower of the two patch panels. (I think I can make out the word Eircom on it)

The upper one will be the panel that connects back to the wall ports.

It's up to you to
1) map out where people will be sitting and record the points closest.
2) One wall port beside each person will be for computer, another for phone.
3) purchase and install the switch appropriate to the size and type of your business. (1 port per computer + printer + a few spare)

Don't connect the points on the lower patch panel to the new network switch that you're going to buy.
For each phone connection, you'll run one patch lead from the lower panel to a numbered port on the top panel.

e.g.
port 001, 003, 005 on the top panel could connect to the network switch
port 002, 004, 006 on the top panel could connect to port 2,3,4 of the lower patch panel for a phone line. (Phone extension 1 is often the one set up to serve reception)

Then the wall sockets in your rooms numbered 001 , 003, 005 could be connected to computers (or network printers),
and wall sockets 002,004,006 could have phones plugged into them.

While waiting for parts, to get you by...
If it's a Cisco epc3925 UPC router, then you can connect 4 PCs from the UPC router's yellow ports directly to 4 wall ports, chosen by you, on the top patch panel.