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I am not sure about this plug

AlexStarr
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So i am moving to a new house in a month and today i get to visit it and i saw this port or plug in every room and i am not sure if this is a lan or something else

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On 10/1/2023 at 6:23 PM, RollinLower said:

looks like LAN, you can probably lift up the little flap you see now and underneath should be RJ45

Sorry for anwsering veey late i just came back to the the house after a while and a follow up question to this can i just plug it instantly to my computer or would it still need a router?

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36 minutes ago, AlexStarr said:

Sorry for anwsering veey late i just came back to the the house after a while and a follow up question to this can i just plug it instantly to my computer or would it still need a router?

The other end of the cables have to either be plugged into a switch or router already on the LAN.

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Hey me again do i already moved in to the house and the wifi is absolutely horibble then i realize the i was wondering if this network switch is good because i found out none of the port is ocnnected

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Yup, that's fine for a switch, it's gigabit and unmanaged so simple to use 😄

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4 hours ago, AlexStarr said:

Hey me again do i already moved in to the house and the wifi is absolutely horibble then i realize the i was wondering if this network switch is good because i found out none of the port is ocnnected

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As long as you figured out where the other ends of the cables are. 😉

Router:  Intel N100 (pfSense) WiFi6: Zyxel NWA210AX (1.7Gbit peak at 160Mhz)
WiFi5: Ubiquiti NanoHD OpenWRT (~500Mbit at 80Mhz) Switches: Netgear MS510TXUP, MS510TXPP, GS110EMX
ISPs: Zen Full Fibre 900 (~930Mbit down, 115Mbit up) + Three 5G (~800Mbit down, 115Mbit up)
Upgrading Laptop/Desktop CNVIo WiFi 5 cards to PCIe WiFi6e/7

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Hi me again i have another question. I bought the switch and i was thinking after i plug everything do i still need to buy another router to plug to my pc or can i just do it instantly from the wall

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5 hours ago, AlexStarr said:

Hi me again i have another question. I bought the switch and i was thinking after i plug everything do i still need to buy another router to plug to my pc or can i just do it instantly from the wall

Right from the wall provided the switch plugs into the main router.

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8 hours ago, AlexStarr said:

Hi me again i have another question. I bought the switch and i was thinking after i plug everything do i still need to buy another router to plug to my pc or can i just do it instantly from the wall

One of the routers LAN ports merely needs to plug into the switch somewhere.  Either directly, or from one of those wall plates.

Router:  Intel N100 (pfSense) WiFi6: Zyxel NWA210AX (1.7Gbit peak at 160Mhz)
WiFi5: Ubiquiti NanoHD OpenWRT (~500Mbit at 80Mhz) Switches: Netgear MS510TXUP, MS510TXPP, GS110EMX
ISPs: Zen Full Fibre 900 (~930Mbit down, 115Mbit up) + Three 5G (~800Mbit down, 115Mbit up)
Upgrading Laptop/Desktop CNVIo WiFi 5 cards to PCIe WiFi6e/7

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Hi me again for the thrid time i finally got the switch and i pluggged it in but i noticed only one of the light indicator does this mean i got a faulty unit or none of the wall actually works? Or does it switch off automatically when nothing is actually plugged into the wall

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1 hour ago, AlexStarr said:

Hi me again for the thrid time i finally got the switch and i pluggged it in but i noticed only one of the light indicator does this mean i got a faulty unit or none of the wall actually works? Or does it switch off automatically when nothing is actually plugged into the wall

When nothing is plugged in on the either side nothing lights up

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1 hour ago, Lurick said:

When nothing is plugged in on the either side nothing lights up

So basically it normal to have it turn off if nothing is plug to the wall

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Just now, AlexStarr said:

So basically it normal to have it turn off if nothing is plug tot he wall

Correct, there is no signal so the port doesn't light up.

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Hi me again i figure out the light but now when ever i connect any devices to the walls its show unidentified network how do i change this or what am doing wrong

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So even the link going from the router to the switch doesn't have lights?

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Wait, your router doesn't have any internet connection from the pictures, you'll need to connect the white router to the ISP's network as well.

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Chatted on discord with OP, seems this might be an issue with the ISP router since even bypassing the switch and wall and plugging the laptop directly into a port did nothing.

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2 hours ago, Lurick said:

Chatted on discord with OP, seems this might be an issue with the ISP router since even bypassing the switch and wall and plugging the laptop directly into a port did nothing.

Did they plug anything into the modem’s gray WAN port? Or is that an LTE modem?

I sold my soul for ProSupport.

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Just now, Needfuldoer said:

Did they plug anything into the modem’s gray WAN port? Or is that an LTE modem?

It's a fiber ONT and the fiber port is on the bottom.

They updated on Discord where they had the switch in port 1 on the LAN and moved it to port 2 on the LAN ports and for some reason that works. Port 3 is reserved for IPTV apparently and 4 gives issues too, lol

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