6

Currently my fiber line just comes in through a hole in side of my living room wall. I would like to move that wire on the outside of the house to a hole that goes into the basement then run it to a wall jack that has both fiber and rj45.

My goal is to clean up the way things look in the living room, and I want to actually have my router on the other side of the house so I will run the rj45 cable to other side of house from underneath.

Basically, I want to install a wall plate that has rj45 and fiber connections. Run maybe 3 to 6 feet from said wall plate down to basement. Use a coupler to connect the fiber to the wall plate line then connect the modem to the wall plate. Then through an rj45 coupler run another Ethernet cable in basement to other side of house.

Can this be done without significant impact on network quality and if so can someone tell me where to get the parts I need as I'm having difficulty finding it? Thanks.

Machavity
  • 26,498
  • 8
  • 44
  • 100
Kaje
  • 61
  • 1
  • 4

3 Answers3

11

My recommendation - get the fiber to basement and terminate it there.
Make a cabinet, put a router.
This gives you the flexibility of running rest of the way in copper (Cat5/6) into any place and any length you want, without fiddling with fragile fiber.

Also, there are no couplers for fiber to rj45 - you need a modem (should be included, from your provider)

The safest way to go around it will be:

  • Prepare a 'cabinet' in the basement (can be literal cabinet, a shelf, or just a stack of boxes. Preferably don't put network equipment on the floor in case the place ever floods).
  • Prepare an entry point to basement
  • Prepare a cable run from basement to place you need your internet. Use cat5/cat6 patch cable.
  • Call your internet provider and ask for technician to move the endpoint to new location. They will probably charge you for that.
  • Connect your router in the new place
  • Finally: Expand your new network with more cable runs to rooms you need :-)
Thomas
  • 111
  • 2
6

The fibre "cable" needs to be handled carefully, otherwise, you can snap it or micro-fracture it. I think it would be cheaper to get your provider to do the work. It would be different if it was a shift of a few inches.

And if there is a fault in the future, they will point the finger at you.

Rohit Gupta
  • 8,055
  • 12
  • 26
  • 38
1

To answer your actual question.

https://www.fs.com/ sells fiber stuff.

Once you start looking at stuff like https://www.fs.com/products/65210.html?attribute=12760&id=394763 then you'll realize that fiber is not a willy-nilly undertaking; you need to be a specialist.

Like the other answer said, get the Internet company to move the ONT into your basement and run Ethernet from it to wherever you need.

MonkeyZeus
  • 17,328
  • 2
  • 27
  • 64