Fiber Cables Connecting to Cat 5 Internally

Cuddlesworth · 29-11-2019 11:53PM

Higgins5473 wrote: »

Thanks for all that. Yes, sure its Cat 5. It's in the small print of the brochure for the estate, Ill post a few pics of the cabling when home.

Check it, I'm super curious if it went through so many levels of stupid somebody actually sourced and put in a 20+ year old cabling standard which would have had to have been more expensive to purchase then the newer cabling.

banjostring · 21-08-2022 07:06PM

Hi All - I’ve a question regarding the fibre install process that some of you may be able to answer and help me to pre address some potential future install problems.

So my current copper line comes into the House through an underground duct from the nearest pole. The copper then terminates in a little cabinet recessed into the gable on the house. From this cabinet it is connected to a CAT5E cable in a little black junction box and the CAT5E then runs into a press in my utility and into my my Eir phone point which feeds my current router and network switch. I’d like my fibre router to be located in this same location, but will CAT5E carry a fibre signal to my new router ? I don’t think they will be able to run the new fibre cable along the same hidden path as from memory it’s not in a conduit.

Sorry for dredging up stuff you guys have discussed, but I’m a bit lost on it tbh. Like someone said on the thread I would like to keep my LAN live and have as my many devices as possible connected to it as this should help maintain Wi-Fi speed for other devices !

Thanks guys, much appreciated.

Phil

kooks87 · 21-09-2022 09:39PM

Hi All, I have a similar issue whereby Sky wouldn't run the new siro connection into the location where the LAN switch is. They said it had to come in from the electrical meter box and had to drill into the wall. That was fine, so now the router is in the sitting room, but I have a cat5 terminal beside it which connects up to the LAN switch. Can I connect from this siro box up to the LAN switch and move the router up there? Also..there seems to be an issue with my switch.. these lights keep flashing when I plug it in and I hear a clicking noise. It hasn't been used in a while, this network was installed before I moved in..but it did work the last time I used it a couple of years ago.. any help is appreciated, cheers!

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It's a Dynamode SW160010-R

kooks87 · 05-10-2022 05:06PM

This is the photo, I'm guessing the box is goosed..

Yellow_Fern · 09-10-2022 12:19PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119648256#Comment_119648256

I think this is possible. I had the same issue. But I managed to over come it. I passed the fibre through fibre glass wall of the ESB box through the cavity of the wall of the house to a Virgin telecom box (very tricky but worth it) where connected to a house cat5e that went to the under the stairs. I used Power over internet injector and splitter to feed 12v through the cat 5e to power the Siro ONT. I can post pics if it is helpful. The Actavo installer didnt really know what I was doing at all but he was ok with it.

kooks87 · 17-10-2022 10:35PM

Thanks a million Yellow_Fern! That's great that you were able to find a fix. I'm not sure if I fully understand, pictures might help if you don't mind sharing them!

So if I use a power over internet injector & splitter, then the Siro ONT doesn't need to be plugged into a wall socket for power? I'm fairly in over my head here..i might need to get a network engineer sort it out for me! Cheers!

Fiber Cables Connecting to Cat 5 Internally

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