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Unsure how to go about converting my Open House panel phone Ethernet wiring to a network switch.
Here are some photos of the panel.
The blue Ethernet cabling is used for the phone lines today. It is Cat5 or Cat5e. It seems to be all connected together in one big circuit. Which I guess works for phone lines.
There is also coax and white security system wiring.
I want to convert only some of these to Ethernet RJ-45 ports, while leaving some untouched. Many of the rooms have two jacks, so I figured may as well have both wiring for the home network Ethernet and a land line.
So how would I go about figuring what goes to which rooms, converting only those to RJ-45, but keeping everything else on the phone line system? Is there some kind of tester I can use without removing it all?
Or should I just convert the wall jacks first, then a the panel remove a few wires at a time and use some kind of testing tool for that? And if so what kind of tools are good for that? Presumably I need something connected on both ends to test.
Or is there no reason to keep the phone wiring these days? Should I just convert it all to RJ45? Would that be easier? If I were ever to want land line phones, could I just hook phones up to the RJ-45s? And connect all the phones to a separate switch or similarly device? I honestly don't know if modern "land line" phone support that, or if they still use RJ-11. I assume VOIP phones are possible and could probably go over my home network too with RJ-45.
https://imgur.com/8A8oiop
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Here are some photos of the panel.
The blue Ethernet cabling is used for the phone lines today. It is Cat5 or Cat5e. It seems to be all connected together in one big circuit. Which I guess works for phone lines.
There is also coax and white security system wiring.
I want to convert only some of these to Ethernet RJ-45 ports, while leaving some untouched. Many of the rooms have two jacks, so I figured may as well have both wiring for the home network Ethernet and a land line.
So how would I go about figuring what goes to which rooms, converting only those to RJ-45, but keeping everything else on the phone line system? Is there some kind of tester I can use without removing it all?
Or should I just convert the wall jacks first, then a the panel remove a few wires at a time and use some kind of testing tool for that? And if so what kind of tools are good for that? Presumably I need something connected on both ends to test.
Or is there no reason to keep the phone wiring these days? Should I just convert it all to RJ45? Would that be easier? If I were ever to want land line phones, could I just hook phones up to the RJ-45s? And connect all the phones to a separate switch or similarly device? I honestly don't know if modern "land line" phone support that, or if they still use RJ-11. I assume VOIP phones are possible and could probably go over my home network too with RJ-45.
https://imgur.com/8A8oiop
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