I’d connect them carefully, ensuring each link is properly aligned and secured.
I’d connect them carefully, ensuring each link is properly aligned and secured.
You're asking about your internet setup. Did you mean to connect the coaxial cable to a modem, and are you curious about how it works?
First, locate those Ethernet cables and check if they originate from the house rooms. Connect their respective networks to the gateway or router. It's unusual to find unfinished Ethernet connections outside. Did your previous internet provider have a media converter installed on the exterior?
They headed to the three bedrooms and living area. I checked in myself. There was nothing visible inside or behind it in the garage. The only item above it was the circuit breaker, and there were no other details. We don’t have a basement either. This house was constructed in 2019, and since we’re the first owners, no one else has lived here before. My previous home had everything neatly stored in the garage, so I’m not sure how it should be arranged now.
It might be helpful to reach out to the person who installed the work and ask them for their reasoning. I’ve only seen network cabling ending outside the house in that setup, typically using coaxial cables for satellite connections. Even then, it was only rated for outdoor use, not Ethernet.
Perhaps the problem lies elsewhere. I reside in a less-than-ideal rural location, yet many residents here enjoy satellite internet. By some unexpected twist, my home somehow received a gigabit connection despite the odds. In fact, I’ve experienced quicker download speeds than my earlier fiber link.
Is it possible to retrieve the ethernet cables from outside the house for better handling? Or does "can't find anything" refer to the cables being located on the exterior behind the wall finish, requiring you to drill a hole inside the walls in bedrooms? That would be inconvenient since you'd need to create another entry point. I’d trim part of the cable end and consider installing a small rack in the garage so you can extend them back to your router—or maybe a switch if feasible, reducing the need to feed one cable back into the router.
The concrete surrounding the cables indicates a lack of expertise on the part of the installer. The absence of visible Ethernet connections behind the wall points to them being installed within the wall itself. To retrieve the cables, you'll need to locate them inside the wall run and extract them carefully. If they're in conduit, they may remain accessible for your current configuration. Otherwise, consider mounting a switch outside in a weatherproof enclosure and drilling a hole back into the house for an Ethernet uplink to the main router or gateway.
It's really strange, isn't it? ISPs that provide Ethernet from an outdoor ONT often only have one active port. If that's the case, running multiple connections to the box doesn't make much sense. It looks like they're using Ethernet just to boost their listing appeal for homes, without actually making it functional.