Posted: 3/28/2017 9:39:36 PM EDT
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so I got gigibit fiber optic last summer and I am in the process of wiring up an addition onto the house.
the fiber modem is stuck where it is so I am going to run an ethernet cable down the hall to the router and run ethernet into the addition from there. my real issue is I'm not sure what to do with the phone. I THINK I can just hook an adaptor into any ethernet port to connect to a phone? or do I have to use one of the two dedicated phone jack ports on the modem? |
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Need pictures of your phone mdm the way it's hooked up now.
Does the mdm currently have a phone cable going from the mdm to the wall outlet backfeeding into all your phone wiring so you can use a normal telephone at any jack? Or do all of your phones run off a network jack? All providers are different and some wire everything differently over different parts of the country. Edit: Basically what are the two dedicated phone jacks on the mdm currently doing as you have it hooked up? Usually they have a line 1/2 and line 2 on the back. |
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Need pictures of your phone mdm the way it's hooked up now. Does the mdm currently have a phone cable going from the mdm to the wall outlet backfeeding into all your phone wiring so you can use a normal telephone at any jack? Or do all of your phones run off a network jack? All providers are different and some wire everything differently over different parts of the country. Edit: Basically what are the two dedicated phone jacks on the mdm currently doing as you have it hooked up? Usually they have a line 1/2 and line 2 on the back. Regular phone jack. There are no other network cables in the house now. |
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If the main modem is from your service provider, the phone jacks on the modem are for if you have Voip with them and in which case you will connect to that for phone service. Pull an extra line if you need to. If you have a separate device (vonage, ooma, etc) then those connect to the ethernet ports. FWIW, you may have to set up QoS in the modem if you haven't for phone quality if you have a separate phone/voip device. Some work, but some don't. Voip through your service provider will have QoS automatically designed into the modem.
Who is your provider? Usually the fiber runs to the ONT and then it is cat5 or cat6 to the modem. You *could* relocate the modem then if you needed to and are comfortable with it. Take a picture of the back of the modem before you unplug anything to make sure where everything plugs back in. |
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There are no other phones in the house now. The one phone is plugged into the phone port on the back of the modem. Regular phone jack. There are no other network cables in the house now. |
| If these are voip phones provided through your ISP you should talk to them about the requirements for their phones. If these are voip phones from a stand-alone voip provider you should be able to just plug them into any port that gives them an internet connection and you are good. Doesnt have to be PoE for a small scale thing like your house you can just use an AC adapter for the phone if you don't want to purchase a PoE switch in order to just run a couple phones. If all else fails contact your voip provider, they should be able to easily answer your questions. |
| Does the addition need a wired phone? If so, VOIP usually needs a POE switch or an electric adapter otherwise why not just use SIP over wireless? It depends on your system of course and maybe the ISP but set up right your cell phone could be an extension of your land line from home. |
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Is the modem close enough to get a base with extra handsets or will the distance be too far? Or are you thinking of moving everything into the addition? I'm running Ethernet to a more central location in the house for the router then running Ethernet into the addition from there. |
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It sounds like you have VoIP service via your ISP but you're just using a standard phone. You'll have to contact your ISP to find out if their modem handles SIP, which would allow you to plug in a VoIP phone to a LAN switch in your addition without setting up an analog line.
If not, you'll have to continue using the phone jacks. The phone jacks on the modem should be able to handle multiple analog phones on a single jack. Run an additional Cat5/6 pull with your data pull, and use that to wire a phone jack in to the addition. Get a dual wall plate with an RJ45 and RJ11 jack. Google how to interconnect phone lines, it's dead simple. |
| I work for an ISP here in Texas. I work with fiber everyday.You will need a 2 dedicated lines one for Ethernet (to get gigabit speeds) The other for phone going to your new addition. You can place a voip splitter at the back of your modem and send signal to the phone at your modem and to the addition. Punch down on white/blue on jack. Make sure you use B pattern on Ethernet. |
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Sounds like your best bet is to just pick up an wireless phone with multiple handsets. Leave the base by the mdm and put the satellite phones through out the home.
Your mdm generates the dial tone and you do not use VOIP phones at all. Just a standard phone. Wiring it is pretty simple but it's probably easier to pick up the wireless phone. You can get good ones for under a hundred bucks. If you want to hard wire it basically what you would do is install a phone jack in the room where the modem is, plug the phone line from the mdm to that jack, run the line to another phone jack in the room you want the phone and install a jack there as well, plug the phone into that jack. Phone wiring is very easy. Your provider might not charge much to move it for you if you want to go that way as well. Then again some might charge a lot. |