Freebox Revolution connection in the communication panel
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Hello everyone,
The technician from Free came to set up the fiber, but I don’t have internet at any of my RJ45 sockets in the house.
The technician connected an Ethernet cable from one of the 4 outputs of the Freebox Revolution to the Legrand XDSL filter (modem socket) of my communication box. But it doesn’t work. (photo 1 circled in red)
So, to check if the RJ45 sockets in the house work, I connected an Ethernet cable from one of the 4 outputs of the Freebox Revolution to the cables in my communication box, and it works (photo 2 circled in red)
Does anyone have an idea?
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The technician from Free came to set up the fiber, but I don’t have internet at any of my RJ45 sockets in the house.
The technician connected an Ethernet cable from one of the 4 outputs of the Freebox Revolution to the Legrand XDSL filter (modem socket) of my communication box. But it doesn’t work. (photo 1 circled in red)
So, to check if the RJ45 sockets in the house work, I connected an Ethernet cable from one of the 4 outputs of the Freebox Revolution to the cables in my communication box, and it works (photo 2 circled in red)
Does anyone have an idea?
Configuration: Windows / Firefox 52.0
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Hello,
The technician doesn't know anything.
To have Ethernet on the sockets in the house, you need to connect the 4 outputs of the Freebox to the 4 RJ45 sockets leading to the rooms (removing the black telephone cables and replacing them with Ethernet cables). So repeat the connection you made that works 4 times.
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Hi,
I'm not sure if it was the Free technician who connected it this way, it might have been like that before. What kind of box did you have, was it connected to that cabinet?
By the way, where is it now?
If it was connected to that cabinet, it would be simpler, no need for a switch.
But it's true that a FBX Revolution is not practical for that at all; I hope they'll improve this aspect for the new V7.
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Hello,
If I assure you that the technician made this connection.
It's a new house from 2013 and I only had my house connected to fiber last week because I wasn't interested in ADSL.
My box is located in my living room, I used a fiber optic extension because the technician from Free didn't want to install the fiber optic socket in my living room, he preferred to install it in my communication cabinet.
And I don't want my Freebox at all to be in my electrical panel/communication cabinet and anyway I don't have a 220v socket in that cabinet.
What do you recommend?-
In your living room, do you have an RJ45 socket?
You can use it to go down to the communication box and connect the switch there. But the switch needs a power outlet too, otherwise it's not good.
So, there's the powerline adapter to distribute Ethernet throughout the house from the box.- Taking fiber to put PLC modems behind is not great, it's a bummer ;-)
Especially when you’re lucky enough to have the house wired. - Yes, but the installations should include a communication box with electrical outlets, and 2 or 3 RJ45 sockets in the living room for proper distribution. The box has one input and phone + ethernet outputs. Not to mention the DVD of the Freebox Revolution, which no one should use ;-)
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The technician was right, the fiber PTO should be there and the box should be too.
If you don't have a plug, how are you going to connect your switch?
I agree that there are small switches powered by POE, but it complicates things a lot.
Why don't you want your box to be there?
You can connect the TV box via ethernet through the wiring.
Is it to get more wifi in the living room?
So it was you who moved the box; you should have asked yourself these questions beforehand....
Once again,
it's clear that the fbx V6 is not suited for these otherwise standard installations.
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Sure, thanks for responding so quickly.
This solution would be a bit of a hassle for me because I would have to run 4 cables again.
Otherwise, I thought about a gigabit Ethernet switch that I would install in my communication cabinet.
I would only need to run a single cable from my Freebox Revolution to the switch and connect my 4 RJ45 sockets from my cabinet to the switch.
Could this work? -
Damn, the switch needs power. I'll install a socket then.
So if I understand correctly, I can use the RJ45 socket in my living room by connecting the Freebox to it and plugging the switch into my communication cabinet. This way the RJ45 sockets in the other rooms will work? -
Okay, a big thank you to both of you.
I will buy a PoE switch so there's no need to install a socket.-
Attention,
in PoE switches, there are switches that provide PoE (802.3af or at) and those that receive it, which is quite different.
Here, you need one that receives it.
I don’t have a recent example in mind, but I can look for one.
For example this one, but be careful,
I have the impression that it is only powered by PoE and thus comes without a power supply, so you will probably need to invest in an additional PoE injector. -
Attention, PoE is mainly used to power the output sockets; using PoE to power the switch on the input side is rarer (I haven't been able to find one). And there should be a power supply unit on the output socket of the box for injecting PoE into the connection.
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oulala it's getting complicated so it will be a switch with the installation of a socket to power it
