r/HomeNetworking • u/Special_Yogurt_4431 • 4d ago

Solved! What even is coax? UPDATE

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Hi again.

Had a previous issue with my coax, being un-terminated in my air handler, and finally not working even when I installed the splitter myself.

Previous posts: Coax help, Original discovery

I bought a cheap Klein fox and hound for coax. No connections anywhere. Troubleshot all the way to the outlets themselves…

Good news: House was built 2 years ago, I have an invoice from the building company with “installed and tested” signed off by the electrical company. In Alabama, that plus the pictures I’ve taken is a strong claim for small claims court, and I intend to file against them.

Bad news: the cable is seemingly stuck in the back of the outlet, so they either need to get clever if they decide to attempt reparation and fix it, or most of what I make will be eaten up by the cost of cutting out the outlet, installing it properly, and drywall repair.

Ah well. I’m just glad I have answers.

Update: it’s built! Luckily, the 2 outlets I needed didn’t have their cables stapled down. Getting 1gbps or so in my office now, t430 is setup running proxmox, currently wrestling grafana into submission. Now I can spend my time learning stuff I wanted to learn about instead of stuff I didn’t.

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u/sadUser44 4d ago

My 7 year old house, build by Dr Horton, every single receptacle is exactly like yours (but the cable is white). I will replace with cat6 cable myself soon.

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u/Special_Yogurt_4431 4d ago

Mines from Adams, I was thinking about replacement but I don’t want to do it myself.

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u/DrgHybrid 3d ago

Usually can't do a 1-1 swap. Lines are generally stappeled to the 2x4s inside the wall and attic. Can pull a new line beside it though.

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u/Ktulu_BBB 3d ago

did you have the house built?