I'm working with my office phone system getting integrated into my home.
Need to run a hardline for my work phone system to work properly (wifi just won't hack it).
My modem and Wifi Router are in the living room and have a few hardline connections to the TV, PS3 ect. My desk is in another room.
I'm trying to run a hardline to my desk, without having a network cable running across the house. My home is on a slab, there is no crawlspace.

I'm with Comcast (have no intention of changing providers now) and have my own modem. My house is pre-wired for DSL by the previous owner.
I do not have conventional home phone service.

I'm curious if there's a way for me to plumb by cable internet into the existing DSL in the house?
If not does anyone have a wifi expansion router they like? Something that could recieve Wifi signal and dependably break it up into several different hard lines from a junction.

Here of photos of what I've got hardware wise

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No, unless you pull that plate and find it is CAT5/6 cable, I suspect its only cat3 behind it.

In that case, you would be better served by running a cable up into the ceiling or outside along the eves and into the room again. Trying to pull cat5 thru the walls is going to be a ***** and a half.

Now, you could upgrade your wireless and go with a better router like..

AC5300 | Tri-Band WiFi Router | Nighthawk X8 | R8500 | NETGEAR

That one will do voip/phone over wireless no problem at all.

 

Didn't see a router? Modem seems OK, depends on what service you have from Comcast. I just upgraded to a SB6183 and it is noticeably faster than the 6121 even over wifi. Next I need a new router too. So depends on what devices you intend to use on WiFi and what they support. If you can use AC and maybe optimally place the router, you should get good speeds even over wifi.

You might get lucky and you have CAT5/6, so worth checking. But I agree, probably not, depending on how long ago that was done.

 

Based on how the rest of this house is put together (previous owner was a freakin idiot who tried to do everything himself)... it ain't Cat 6

The router I have is a Netgear R6300 - I'm pulling a solid 170/12 over wifi.
According to our VOIP rep - wifi is always a problem because it's "inconsistent"


I'm musing about doing one of the Powerline networking setups. Supposedly these work fine with VOIP and wouldn't really require me to move anything.

 

Power lines is always an option. My old house was on a slab too so I had comcast run a wire outside and into the back room (office).

 

I'd give powerline a try.

The thing about VoiP is that you don't need speed. You need reliability. Since the data transfer is real time, any dropped packets and the call is hosed.

I work in VoiP.

 

With that kind of wifi performance why not use it for the phone? VOIP calls are like 96kbps

 

The wifi will have too much packet loss.

 

Not with N like the higher end routers use. The protocol the carrier wave uses does packet checking.

Powerline is a option, and it will work. I still think it would be better for you to find a way to pull a cat 5/6 from the main area back to where you want the voip system.

 

Packet checking doesn't solve the problem. You get one shot to send the data. You can't re-request the lost packets.

 

I've got the Powerline setup in place and it works.
Not quite as fast as WIFI, but good enough for these purposes.
Powerline


Wifi



I'm waiting on a power supply for the phone, but have no reason to think it won't work