Resolved - Networking my house

[Ultranator BAR]

Name: Ultranator

Rank:  BAR

Type of issue: (Networking)

Brief Description of Issue: So, I bought a house, and when doing the final walk throughs, now that all the furniture was removed, I've noticed that each room has an Ethernet jack.

in the master bedroom closet, I found this little gem :

Now, I'm pretty sure that isn't a switch, but what is it?  And can I use it to get internet to all of the jacks in the house? 

 

 

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Current Status: Resolved

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Main Technician: TSgt. R. Vicari

Supporting Technician: 

[Lafy BAR]

The boards are an old security panel and a telephone line splitter, he and I talked about it and he's just going to buy a new switch and disconnect all that junk.  I think it's all resolved.

[Yamagata 1st MRB]

Looks like patching to jacks.  Only way to know if it's a switch is to see what's going on inside.
 

Best way to see if they're wired to the rooms is to use a toner to see where they go.

[Ultranator BAR]

Here are more pictures.  I popped the box open, and it looks like one cat 5 cable is split to all of them?

 

 

 

[Yamagata 1st MRB]

Well, now that I can see the make and model, here's a user's guide for the distribution panel : http://www.security.honeywell.com/documents/CSQND88PUGV1.pdf

It looks like it's a super simple unmanaged switch.

 

And the security board: http://library.ademconet.com/MWT/fs2/VISTA-20P/Vista-20P-Users-Guide.PDF (more documentation) for home security and fire alarms.

[Candy 1st MRB]

Once again thank you for your assistance Lt. Col.! Maybe a consulting fee is in order? Lol. I will leave this ticket open so Ultranator can reply and ask more questions.

[Vicari 1st MRB]

Did the house used to have cameras? That looks like a camera setup. The board with the Red and black wires was def for power and the other connectors on the unit next to the battery back up look like video connections. The rest just looks like a patch point for Eth so they could consolidate it.

Edited April 28, 2016 by Vicari 1st MRB

[Candy 1st MRB]

Any new updates on this thread Ultra?

[Candy 1st MRB]

Very well. Thanks for the assist Lafy. Ticket closed.