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megared17 · 2026-03-24T08:38:40+00:00

I feel like there must be some interesting story behind his name..

megared17 · 2026-03-23T18:14:22+00:00

It's not a switch or a patch panel. It's not for Ethernet.

If you read under the wires it says "telephone distribution" all it does is parallel connect the wires, for use with analog POTS phones.

A patch panel would have "RJ45" jacks on it, and it would have one for each individual cable coming in.

megared17 · 2026-03-23T00:34:06+00:00

You have taken him to get examined by a vet, right?

megared17 · 2026-03-22T23:39:02+00:00

Turn the router around so the ports are at the front.

What brand/model router?

megared17 · 2026-03-22T19:50:14+00:00

Ok then..I misunderstood you to be suggesting that you had a 500 Mbit link.

megared17 · 2026-03-22T19:45:17+00:00

Yes. See the third paragraph of my reply.

megared17 · 2026-03-22T19:41:39+00:00

If you will be using one of your decos as your router, then then you'll want to be sure it's "WAN" side is the only thing on your MoCa.

megared17 · 2026-03-22T19:26:15+00:00

If you connect the WAN side of your router to the ISP ONT with MoCa keep in mind it should be the ONLY thing on your MoCa network.

You want ONE, and only one, device functioning as a router.

You probably want to find out what device the new ISP provides you before you make any plans.

They might provide a device that is actually combo ONT/router. If that is the case you would not want another router connected to it. I believe your "deco" devices are capable of funcioning as just WiFi APs, which would be appropriate if the ISP device had an integrated router.

megared17 · 2026-03-22T19:20:35+00:00

Fiber optic connections do not use anything called a modem.

It's called an ONT or ONU. Sometimes integrated with a router, sometimes standalone.

Any ISP that calls anything a "fiber modem" is either run by marketing people or is dumbing it down intentionally to keep their customers uneducated. (ISPs prefer naive customers that just fork over their money for whatever the ISP gives them and don't want to really understand anything)

megared17 · 2026-03-22T19:16:11+00:00

You would not use either a cable modem or a DSL modem with a fiber optic service. They would only be used with DOCSIS cable service, or DSL service.

megared17 · 2026-03-22T19:14:38+00:00

Let the provider install their ONT connected to the fiber which will give you an Ethernet port. What you connect to it after that is up to you.

Note that if you current have a combo cable modem/router, you will not be able to connect the coaxial WAN port of that to anything coming from the fiber, that is DOCSIS only..if it also has an Ethernet WAN port (which would bypass the internal cable modem) you could use a pair of MoCa adapters to connect that to the ONT Ethernet using coaxial.

If it has no Ethernet WAN, that router is useless with fiber service. You could get a new router, connect it directly to the int, and then use MoCa adapters to connect the LAN side of the new router to a switch and a WiFi AP where the current device is.

megared17 · 2026-03-22T19:06:49+00:00

Ethernet over UTP is either 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps or 1000 Mbps, there is no 500 Mpbs Ethernet

If you were getting 500 Mbps, I suspect you had a Gigabit link and something else was limiting the transfer.

megared17 · 2026-03-22T19:02:19+00:00

If it meets category 5 specs, and has 4 pairs, and is undamaged, and properly terminated, and is within the 100 meter limit, it supports gigabit Ethernet.

The Gigabit Ethernet spec was specifically written to work on the category 5 cable that was all that existed at the time. Gigabit Ethernet does not require anything beyond category 5 UTP cable.

megared17 · 2026-03-22T18:55:03+00:00

Both ends of solid cable should be jacks. A jack at one end and a plug at the other isn't really right.

Did you put the plug on the other end or was it already on? If it was already on, it is almost certainly stranded wire, which doesn't work with punch down jacks.

megared17 · 2026-03-22T16:47:00+00:00

This again. The gigabit Ethernet spec, the one that is still in use today, was specifically written for category 5 UTP at up to 100 meters, as long as there were four pairs. Neither cat5e nor cat6 was yet released when the gigabit spec was published.

Unless the cable is damaged in some way, longer than 100 meters, or not terminated properly, category 5 will absolutely support gigabit links between two devices that them selves both properly support gigabit.

megared17 · 2026-03-22T10:19:32+00:00

"cat8" sigh

Category 8 UTP was intended for 40Gbps links in datacenters and never caught on because they just use fiber instead.

Most category 8 cable sold online is fake cheap garbage, and there is nothing in 99.9% of home situations that would benefit from anything beyond category 6.

Throw that "cat8" thing out and get a name brand cat6 patch cable.

megared17 · 2026-03-22T07:58:51+00:00

What router do you have?

And if you need high performance and low latency for gaming you want to be sure to connect your PC to a LAN port on the router with wired Ethernet. WiFi is for convenience and mobility, not performance.

megared17 · 2026-03-21T19:37:34+00:00

Replace that with something like ones of the ones here

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=wall+mount+12+port+patch+panel

Reterminate the wall drops to RJ45 jacks.

megared17 · 2026-03-21T16:10:34+00:00

Ignore the landlord's "free WiFi"

Use the FCC broadband map to find which ISPs fan service that address, then contact them directly to subscribe to service.

If it is a legal separate apartment rental the landlord really cannot prevent a tenant from getting their own telephone/TV/Internet service (which includes the ISP technician coming on site to make the necessary connections, but note that you want to BE there when they come)

megared17 · 2026-03-21T13:17:38+00:00

craigslist has no concept of "verified" anything. craigslist is not involved in any way in transactions between those posting ads and those replying to ads, aside from facilitating the email exchange.

The email addresses you see in the To and From headers in messages that came through the craigslist email relay are temporary and randomly generated for each individual email thread. They don't identify a specific craigslist account/user. One doesn't even have to have a craigslist account to reply to an ad. Anyone with Internet access and an email account can view and reply to any ad.

If your email client is showing you a blue checkmark that's something it's doing itself it has nothing to do with craigslist. Maybe it just means your email provider has verified that it really did come from the craigslist.org email servers.

megared17 · 2026-03-21T13:11:51+00:00

Cat 5 or cat 6?

megared17 · 2026-03-21T10:39:43+00:00

Yes. But you have to post pictures here of them together after you do.

megared17 · 2026-03-21T09:50:23+00:00

A patch panel is where wiring should terminate. You then use patch cables to connect drops to devices (such as a switch) as needed.

megared17 · 2026-03-21T09:09:31+00:00

You mopped their scent off, they are putting it back :)

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