Learn how to turn your phone jack into an ethernet port in 3 minutes.

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In this video I will demonstrate how to turn a household modular phone jack into a data port that supports ethernet. Wiring needs to be at least Cat5 in order to support data transfer. You will need to plug the other end of the wire into a switch or router in order to activate data transmission. Check out my channel for more DIY home theater and home networking!

[@aslarsen4193]

Thank you so much! I just followed your instructions and did it by myself. AND IT WORKED!! I’m so proud❤

[@RXSVN_2]

That's actually what I'm about to do. I got this idea on my own when I ordered some IP phones a few weeks ago and I figured that instead of using the phone jacks as phone jacks since they have Cat5e wiring behind them that I could just turn them into ethernet Jacks and plug the IP phones in any room I wanted to (or use the jacks for computers). This was a smart idea and what a coincidence that I see your video two weeks later.

[@audioenvision8626]

Is it a coincidence? I'm starting to wonder. Great to hear. Glad you found my video!

[@RXSVN_2]

@@audioenvision8626 Sometimes I think the same way about the "coincidence" thing. Google, KZbin, Walmart and Amazon have an interesting way of working when it comes to their recommendations. I'm glad I found your video as well though.

[@jamessanders6788]

Not a coincidence.

[@jshaw4757]

​@@audioenvision8626Hey mate OK too talk...cheers

[@ericilkwatson5557]

Thank you, but how do you connect the cables in the central location where they come in the house?

[@billybobleeswagger4466]

Does it matter which jack receives the router, or that that router plugs into? Is there any "main jack" or something that has to be where the router plugs into?

[@AdriRPerez]

what if my house doesnt have cat5e or cat5 routed through it already, i have a landline jack, but it does not look like the cable in the video

[@mikehomesley2016]

Would I need to do anything at the service box outside or if I just replace the rj11 with rj45 in 2 rooms will it be live. Trying to create a lan just frim my master bedroom to my sons room for his gaming computer but only have rj11 terminals

[@SkwirlSniper]

Okay so I have cat5 phone jacks and I want to use them for ethernet how do I do that? Is it the same as this?

[@aidanoneil4853]

is there a link to this kit?

[@nevinrazzano6997]

My house has 2 ethernet wires in each port and they jump to each room. Could I put both wires in the RJ45 port?

[@mradaChris]

I used a connector like you had and my network never worked. I didn't know which is A or B on the other end of the cable (which goes to a network hub). So I got a cable with screw posts, however, if there is a A-B difference, which wires are involved? I followed the directions and it seems my network still isn't being recognized.

[@archermark29]

I've done this through most of my house, great video

[@audioenvision8626]

That's awesome!

[@Mrperson0]

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[@toddcee]

Can you send links of the equipment (insert, etc) uswd

[@Drknt7]

Great vid, what do you do after that? For example, I have a coaxial cable for my internet. Do I have to find the other end and plug it in the back of my router?

[@audioenvision8626]

Coax cable will feed your modem only, not any other device in the house. The modem will have a coax in, and an ethernet out. That ethernet cable will then feed the WAN port on your router, and this cable should be plugged into the LAN port on your router or your routers switch, or a separate network switch. If you have a combo router-modem, the coax cable will feed the router-modem and this cable will plug into the router-modem's switch. Check out my other videos on network topology, where I explain what all the network components do.

[@area51xi]

How do you know if your house is wired with Cat 5? I found a wall plate in my home office and there's a blue cable that looks like Cat 5. How you know if it's 5 or 5e? I have no idea where that wire is coming from.

[@nickthegazerofsouls]

Just look at the print on the cable, mine says 5e. If yours only says 5 it's only 5

[@georgemelendrez4530]

Sorry if this is a dumb question but once I do this how do I connect it to my router. For example, I want to give my house ethernet access. There are multipel phone jacks throughout the house. Do i just need to change the wiring on 1 phone jack, connect it to the router and then my house has ethernet?

[@kyriakosmaridakis8139]

I am wondering the same

[@davidhaynes9580]

You buy a network switch, plug that into your router and then each rj45 into the switch ports

[@_mark77]

How do I know which standard my house has?

[@saketteacher4766]

Hey Justin, Thanks for the video. Whats standard A and B ? How do I know what is my house using?

[@audioenvision8626]

Check out this website on explanation of the different standards. www.truecable.com/blogs/cable-academy/t568a-vs-t568b TIA 568 A is more modern and is needed for some types of protocols, TIA 568 B is more compatible with analog phone systems. Both standards will work fine with ethernet as long as you have both terminated the same way. Keep in mind, one of these standards MUST be used. Simply ensuring that pinouts are the same on both ends will not render a useable data connection.

[@idahogiants]

This is a great option in most homes to convert to RJ45 port however finding out where it terminates is the real challenge. Often it will be outside in a phone box on an exterior wall. A ethernet network toner would be a great tool to locate the path of the cabling so it can be determined where the other end of the cable can be terminated closest to the router location.

[@mobmob5944]

Just use a multimeter on Continuity and extension plug(or long wires) . Use the pins on the extension plug as a extension for your multimeter probes . Stick one end of the wire that you are trying to identify into one of the holes on the plug then take the other end of the extension plug wherever there are data cables and then stick one of the multimeter probes into the same hole of the extension plug but oppisite side , then with the other probe touch the wires one at a time till you hear a beep or have continuity

[@marcbenoit6974]

Links to the items used would be awesome

[@mrBDeye]

What if the phone jacks are connected to standard four wire phone cable?

[@shaydartez6543]

How do we tie into our established home network to add another router and more ethernet ports?

[@devinmyles2887]

What you'll need is a switch or a mesh network such as eero and add a switch to it.

[@peupeuguy310]

How do we know the standard?

[@julianhanopol7603]

how do i find the other end of that ethernet cable? I have multiple around my house. I feel like there should be a main somewhere feeding each jack in my home.

[@TheStereoField]

Yeah i’m trying to figure out the same. I have 4-5 phone jacks throughout my house, with cat5e cables feeding them. Then I have one un-terminated cat5e that ends in an exterior box that otherwise has only coax connectors in it. So, how is that exterior cable connected to all the phone jacks in my house? Are they all spliced together or something? I would have thought you’d need a switch of some sort to make them all functional.

[@kevs1768]

@@TheStereoField were u able to figure this out?

[@TheStereoField]

@@kevs1768 yes, but not in a good way. They are all daisy-chained together, which works for phone lines, but not networking. I ended up getting a few MoCA adapters to use my coax wiring instead, since running ethernet in my house would be a major pain. The MoCA setup has been working great though

[@amanduswestin9211]

@@TheStereoField Or you could be spicy and use it like a bus-net, which was the case most of the time when Ethernet was new, that's why it's so good at collision-detection!

[@kellyhusmann3961]

looking for someone to come do this in my grandma's mobile home (rialto CA), they remodeled and covered her ethernet port so now there is no way to install a router

[@americanhmong9304]

Thanks for the vid! BTW, once I do this, will this disrupt my land line service in another room that's also connected via cat5e as well? Obviously, they don't share the same wire, but maybe daisey chained elsewhere?

[@audioenvision8626]

Land line will no longer be active on this port. Check your network hub. The other end of the cable should be terminated with a crimp type or punch down Cat6 connector and ONLY be connected to a single switch port. If it is spliced into a phone system or terminated any other way, it will not work. I'll see about making a video on terminating the other end, as I'm getting questions regarding this.

[@RandomGamingFTW]

@@audioenvision8626 so maybe this is my problem since 2 rooms have phone jack and one phone jack doesn't work in my room,idk why maybe not connected,not sure

[@_mark77]

Can you show the step with the wires in slower please

[@azaddinaghribi1663]

tank you

[@residentrump3271]

Anyone know how to replace a regular phone jack with a dual setup with a phone/broadband jacks? The moron who installed our AT@T gateway placed it in the far corner of the house where the signal is all but useless in most of the area. Thanks for any info offered 👍

[@elty69]

The Orange pair is for line 2 sir….

[@BattlefrontNow]

What do you mean get the other end of the line ?

[@timothyripley4175]

He showed you how to do 1 of 2 ends, the other end is done the same way so he didnt show you him doing it

[@kakashi99908]

These were generally for phone providers not for use for DIY networking which means they are wired to some central location that goes to the telecom network. Even if you somehow manage to get your LAN to that central point do you want all ports on the same network anyway? Probably not.. better off just paying someone a buck and a half to do a proper drop.

[@XWhiteWinter]

All ports on same network?! What exactly do you mean.

[@bryansghost]

this dude is that "someone" who didnt get paid a buck and a half because people are DIYing it

[@lukasbubliauskas]

Could I do this same thing but with a cat 8 insert?

[@audioenvision8626]

Yes, but you are not going to see much benefit if the house is not wired for Cat8. It's a lot like putting a golden gas cap on a Ford Fairmont.

[@KayceeVal]

@@audioenvision8626 How do I know if my house is an A or B for the hookup? I didn't hear you explain the difference when hooking the ethernet plug into the wiring.

[@hannahwells9397]

When you called the keystone an insert (simplified term) I was afraid you were going to use the screwdriver as a punch tool

[@GoAccessControl]

What is the purpose of doing this? How do you get internet from here?

[@jwong7279]

lucky you. i only got 3 pairs line without brown pair. I can only make cat 3 cable with 10mb/s

[@Beansisbestlol]

Man that’s still better than my wifi

[@_christos...christos_]

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[@jonathanjohn7669]

Before I start my project I need to find a stripper first, also a stripper pole with that... Great video 🫡 doing my project this weekend.

[@lieutenant_arrow7009]

it looks slow because the rotations per sercond almost perfectly matches the framerate that the video was taken in

[@adminmovie]

that was clearly not stripper

[@JACK-wh6jl]

🤬NOT A "PHONE-JACK !🤬TOTALLY MISLEADING ! SHAME-ON-YOU !!!