Very well done Jack. Very good xref's. . pault (Tabo)
On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 6:34 AM, Gibson Prichard <[email protected]> wrote: > Basically, if you have RJ45-terminated wires going inside the house, > ethernet only uses 4 of the 8 wires in the cable. Use the other 4 to send > power out from inside to a router or switch which happens to be on the > outside of your house. > If the outside box is too small to hold a router or switch, you may need > to replace it with a larger enclosure. Assuming you have the right to place > a new box outside where these lines terminate that would be large enough to > hold a switch or router, you could do that. Amazon (and others) have lots > of weatherproof enclosures from which to choose. You could use one of the > ethernet lines to provide power, either as a traditional barrel-plug or as > a POE connection. A simple barrel-plug-to RJ45 adapter, like this > https://www.amazon.com/BeElion-Passive-Injector-Splitter-Connector/dp/ > B01HMNJHII or https://www.amazon.com/Waterproof-Injector-Splitter- > 5-52-1mm-Ethernet/dp/B01MS9K6EX would provide you with the means to send > power outside from an outlet over one of the ethernet cables (whether or > not that particular wire was being used to carry data). > > Does this make sense? > > Gibson Prichard > Nashville, TN > [email protected] > > On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 11:03 PM, Jack Coats <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Looking for some input here... >> >> My house is pre-wired for ethernet. All the connections are >> terminated in a box on the outside of my house. My ISP provides an >> ethernet connection to that box, but there is little room and no >> power. >> What is a reasonable way to get my other ethernet connections 'lit' ? >> There is no place where two of the ethernet connections terminate near >> each other inside the house (so I could put my router there). >> >> I am open to suggestions or 'best practices'. >> >> -- >> ><> ... Jack >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group >> /nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscribe@ > googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
