Brief_Employee_1144 OP t1_j1glun3 wrote on December 24, 2022 at 4:33 AM

Reply to comment by Throwawaycuzawkward in Moved my router by Brief_Employee_1144

Thank you so much for your help. We pay for 300mbps and that is perfect for everything i need, but i live in a pretty large house and would like wired connections for the xbox and other things. There is a telephone cord that is cat5 in every room (dont know why we wanted that many telephones but i am happy now) but when i plug an Ethernet cord into the xbox no internet is brought there; it still uses wifi to connect. The internet connection goes from that one cord in the picture of the whole panel into that splitter that used to go to the cable boxed, router, and cameras. Is there a way to connect that white cord to the splitter? Basically just was those cat5 cables converted to be used for Ethernet

Throwawaycuzawkward t1_j1gmvmg wrote on December 24, 2022 at 4:43 AM

Wait...

Let's fix this right now:

Where is your Cable modem and what is plugged Directly into it? Other than than the coax?

Really, Imma end this problem right now.

Brief_Employee_1144 OP t1_j1gpehv wrote on December 24, 2022 at 5:09 AM

So the white cord in the middle of the splitter connects to the modem. The white cord on the left connects to cable tv and the black cable on the right connects to the cameras. Also i should not that this picture was taken before i moved the modem router. Now the middle white cable is replaced with one of the cables on the top right of the panel that went to the living room. The modem and router are now there and not in this panel room. The modem connects to the router through Ethernet. The white. Cable on that punch panel with the cat 5 wires goes straight into the wall and to the internet provider.

Throwawaycuzawkward t1_j1graj1 wrote on December 24, 2022 at 5:29 AM

Your internet speed comes down to: What is actually plugged into the cable modem?

You have a distribution panel - a patch panel - if you plug into the outlets in your house connected to them, if they are not connected to a switch or hub that is connected to the cable modem, they will immediately default to the wifi on the cable modem.

Your patch panel - that distribution panel - is just a way of getting electrons from one place to another. IMO you need a switch - 12 port switch that gets your patch panel from all the nice clean runs in your house back to - probably your garage? - to your cable modem in a way that passes electrons.

Your cameras might be plugged into the only accessible ports on that cable modem.

Brief_Employee_1144 OP t1_j1gv4dk wrote on December 24, 2022 at 6:13 AM

Thank you for all of your help. I will definitely look into all of that tomorrow. I may have a professional come look at this because this may be above my capabilities.