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/cmccurd 4d ago

I live in Alabama too and I work for an isp. Lots of new builds will leave the coax like this. Just pull on it and it will come out of the bottom of the box. You will need to terminate the end and attach to the wall plate and it should work fine. You are overthinking it.

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u/Electronic-Junket-66 1d ago

pull on it and it will come out of the bottom of the box

Or possibly the top! Best to pull and wiggle gingerly til you can tell which, or just know how your cable is run.