eldirector
Grandmaster
I need to update some of my "tech" here at my home and home office. Any phone/data wiring gurus on here?
Project #1
I have 2 phone lines that come off of my cable company's VOIP/router. One I have plugged into my standard home phone jack as per their instructions. The other has a LONG cable that plugs into line #2 on my 2-line business phone (line #1 plugs into another regular home phone jack).
QUESTION: I'd like to eliminate that cable running around the room, and somehow plug BOTH lines into my home phone wiring (using some sort of adapter?) and then be able to use another adapter to plug my 2-line phone in wherever I want. Possible? What do I need to purchase or check in my wiring to make this work?
Project #2
I'd like to put in a Cat6e "patch panel" in the wall next to my router, then terminate the other end at a couple of locations around the house. I can pull the cable (I've done electrical). How difficult to terminate each end? I know I'd need special tools. I've just never done the "physical" layer (I'm a software guy).
End result: I'm dumping my wireless router for a wired with POE, and placing dedicated wireless access points in 3 locations (office, upstairs, and either in the detached garage, or use an outdoor unit at the back of the house). Might run another wire to the family room entertainment center and use a small hub for the 2-3 networked devices there (and get them off of wireless).
Gonna start chipping away at this over the next few weeks or so. Need to get these darn cables off of the floor, and I (read: my wife) is tired of the poor wireless signal in other parts of the house.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Project #1
I have 2 phone lines that come off of my cable company's VOIP/router. One I have plugged into my standard home phone jack as per their instructions. The other has a LONG cable that plugs into line #2 on my 2-line business phone (line #1 plugs into another regular home phone jack).
QUESTION: I'd like to eliminate that cable running around the room, and somehow plug BOTH lines into my home phone wiring (using some sort of adapter?) and then be able to use another adapter to plug my 2-line phone in wherever I want. Possible? What do I need to purchase or check in my wiring to make this work?
Project #2
I'd like to put in a Cat6e "patch panel" in the wall next to my router, then terminate the other end at a couple of locations around the house. I can pull the cable (I've done electrical). How difficult to terminate each end? I know I'd need special tools. I've just never done the "physical" layer (I'm a software guy).
End result: I'm dumping my wireless router for a wired with POE, and placing dedicated wireless access points in 3 locations (office, upstairs, and either in the detached garage, or use an outdoor unit at the back of the house). Might run another wire to the family room entertainment center and use a small hub for the 2-3 networked devices there (and get them off of wireless).
Gonna start chipping away at this over the next few weeks or so. Need to get these darn cables off of the floor, and I (read: my wife) is tired of the poor wireless signal in other parts of the house.
Thanks in advance for any advice!