Ethernet cables

[Jjohnson2491]

So I have a new build and in it there is a network box with coax and ethernet cables. Well I only have 1 ethernet port in the entire house. I can't find where the cables are ran to. I pulled the coax port off the wall to see if it was in that box and nothing. Any ideas where they might have ran them to? 

[The1Dickens]

7 minutes ago, Jjohnson2491 said:

So I have a new build and in it there is a network box with coax and ethernet cables. Well I only have 1 ethernet port in the entire house. I can't find where the cables are ran to. I pulled the coax port off the wall to see if it was in that box and nothing. Any ideas where they might have ran them to? 

Do you have pictures? I am having a hard time imagining coax and Ethernet cable runs inside a PC.

[Jjohnson2491]

Just now, The1Dickens said:

Do you have pictures? I am having a hard time imagining coax and Ethernet cable runs inside a PC.

It is not in the pc. They are in the walls. 

[Senzelian]

If they aren't labeled, then you'll have to find that out for yourself.

It's most likely that they lead to some wall-plugs within the building.

[The1Dickens]

1 minute ago, Jjohnson2491 said:

It is not in the pc. They are in the walls.

Ah, yeh, that's what I figured, but the wording threw me off in the beginning. Thought it was a fancy, custom build.

 

So, the ARRIS thing is the modem: that's how the Internet Service Provider pipes interwebz into your home.

The freezer-rack looking thing is the router, which takes the interwebz and distributes it to all the devices (those black candy bars are antenna for wireless).

Those cables in your hand look like they were just unplugged from a previously installed cable-provider box.

The small cables look more like land-line phone cables (RJ11?), which are likely not used any more. Usually the phone lines are terminated into a wall plate, but its possible a previous owner just removed the plate, tucked the cable into the wall and patched the hole or something.

[GhostRoadieBL]

45 minutes ago, Jjohnson2491 said:

It is not in the pc. They are in the walls. 

 

so that's the same problem I had with my house. Recent builds are using Cat5e for phone lines and terminated to RJ11 jacks but have 4pair lines in the wire. ALL my plates in the house had "phone" RJ11 plugs with 2pair of the 4pairs just wrapped around the cable in the wall, stripping and terminating to RJ45 gave all my rooms ethernet back. most cheap RJ45 crimping kits will have a super basic cable tester so you can plug into the cable there and go to each of your other plates in the house and label on your own. 

 

From the look of it you will need a switch to add RJ45 ports for your router. your system appears to currently go  ISP - Coax - Arris modem - RJ45 (yellow ends) - Wifi router. Swap the connectors for the rest of the RJ11 cables, wall plates with RJ11's and add a switch to plug everything in and you'll have in wall ethernet again.