Wiring cable into a different room to connect to internet. Help!!

Aspecto · 1 Oct 2010 at 10:36

I work in a small office and we need internet access in a room to the rear of the building.

I have located the master socket to which the router is connected to. This master socket looks like an LJ 4/1A type socket rather than the standard NTE5.

If i open up the socket on circuit 1 the blue/white and white/blue are wired into plugs 2 & 5 and on circuit 2 orange/white and white/orange into plugs 2 & 5 again.

Ive wired into a NTE5 socket before and had no problems but i dont know how to wire into this type of socket.

Im using cat5e cable.

Any help would be much appreciated as to how to wire into the socket.

Thanks

rpstewart · 1 Oct 2010 at 10:44

You shouldn't be messing with the phone wiring to do this for a start.

Are you wanting to get access in the other room as well as where it is now?

Does the router have wireless?

Aspecto · 1 Oct 2010 at 10:48

We need computers plugged in via ethernet as well as wireless

rpstewart · 1 Oct 2010 at 11:05

So you need hard wired ethernet into the other room?

To do that you'll need to run Cat5 from the router to the other room and connect it to a switch with the appropriate number of ports. Depending on the electrics in the building you might be able to get away with Powerline adapters but a Cat5 run is the better option.