OT: any data networking gurus on here?

[aTotal360]

I'm looking for someone that can help me decipher some hardware that I have in the basement of the house I just bought. I can see a bunch of cat5 running to some sort of expansion.

 

[ababyatemydingo]

I'm looking for someone that can help me decipher some hardware that I have in the basement of the house I just bought. I can see a bunch of cat5 running to some sort of expansion.

What cha need to know?

 

[aTotal360]

There is an OnQ 6 Port Telecom Expansion in my tv junction box in my basement. Cat5 is running to it. Can I plug my modem into it if the other end is running to jacks in my bedroom?

 

[ababyatemydingo]

There is an OnQ 6 Port Telecom Expansion in my tv junction box in my basement. Cat5 is running to it. Can I plug my modem into it if the other end is running to jacks in my bedroom?

Absolutely, but that patch panel isn't going to act as a switch, so you'll need to come out of your modem, into a switch (doesn't matter which port), then out of the switch with ethernet patch cables and into each of the ports on your 6 port panel. This will give you internet to each of the outlets that those 6 ports terminate to in your bedroom. You can pick up an inexpensive 8 port gigabit switch on Newegg for around $30. TP Link or Netgear.