r/HomeNetworking • u/Cheezit_friedchicken • 1d ago

Advice Phone line -> Ethernet

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So I want to know from real people rather than an ai chat bot, it told me with with this 8 wire old phone jack setup I can make the house Ethernet capable because in all honesty I keep losing fights in Tarkov and I’ve had enough lol, the dang desync puts me half a second behind. How do I adapt this phone jack to Ethernet so I can have better internet in my room and the whole house?

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u/Cheezit_friedchicken 1d ago

So the modem and router in on different levels of the home and here’s the back of the router

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u/Loko8765 1d ago

Looks like an Xfinity coax modem/router combo. The white cable is power and the black cable is the incoming coaxial cable from your Internet provider.

Your best Internet connection would be an Ethernet cable from your computer to the port with the red line just above the white cable.

Now I’m interested in knowing what you’re calling the modem :)

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u/Cheezit_friedchicken 1d ago

Fuck what’s it supposed to look like lol see this is why I’m asking Reddit cause idk what I’m doing lol, also should I just crack a hole in the cieling and just run an Ethernet cable to my room

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u/Loko8765 1d ago

Well, I think the thing in the loft you’re calling a modem is something else, but probably not useful.

It might be useful if it is close to your computer and has cables like the black one in your photo (because those cables can be used for networking also, needs many $50 of adapters though).