Hello, I read some of what I could find online regarding splitting Cat5e cable for network and phone. We bought a house that was build with cat5e use for phone only and since the technology is much better and we dont really use 99% of the phone lines I want to change it over to ethernet network. Our wireless router is great but we feel like it could be better to maybe be hardwired for moving big files etc. That said I know it is not the best practice but I'm on a low budget and can not afford to rewire the house so want to see if you guys can help me see what I do wrong. I have IT knowledge but not a wire specialist :) This is what I have so far. In our laundry room is a build in media box. In there was a splitter (actually 2) for the tvs and internet cables and a phone line punch box (?). The phone line box was easy to figure out - it only use 2 wires and the builder used the blue and blue/white in the green and red areas for the wires on the bunch box. What I discovered is that nearly 80% of the wall plugs had 2 network wires that used the blue & blue/white and orange & orange/white BUT in the media box none of the oranges where used anywhere (any idea why that was done? just curious?) I was able to trace atleast one of each line of the 80% back to the media box - my guess is that the rest is looping through the house from one to the other phone jack and maybe the ones that I found that does not have 2 and was not traced back to the media box is part of that loop? So phone line issues first... I was able to successful get the phone system working by only using the blue and blue/white combo on the wall jack (I used a GE ethernet and phone 2 on one place - ones with the color wires and screws) my question here would be do I just leave the "loops" or should I trace those lines and make them part of the system - if so how do I do that do I just use their blue and blue/white and connect them with the actual pair on the same plate or do they connect by using the orange pair? Ethernet issue: so like I said I used the GE combo wall plate with the wires and not keystone - and what I did was to put all 3 left over pairs as directed online ([url=http://www.server-servers.com/technologytutorials/ge-ethernet-wall-plate-wiring-diagram/]GE Ethernet Wall Plate Wiring Diagram | Server Servers[/url]) and in the media box I plan to put a switch but for testing I plugged it into my working wireless router (has extra ports). So on the termination point in the media box I have 3 pairs terminated here is how I did that (just incase I did it wrong): Took the cat5e cable and carefully pulled out the blue pair - use electrical tape and tape the wires just for extra help (not sure if it helps but I though it might) the blue pair I connected to the phone system and that seems to work well. Then the rest of them I did as follow: Orange/White, Orange, Green/White (left the middle two open) then continue with Green, Brown/White and Brown. I put the RJ45's tail (as I call it) on the bottom and push the wires in and after checking that they did not shift crimped it. I'm waiting for my actual tester to arrive tomorrow but I plugged it into the router in a port I know is working for sure, plug my computer in on the other end and nothing... I then moved to our bedroom and decided maybe it is the split of the wires. So I used a keystone RJ45 jack (did not have a punch tool - same order as tester) but I think the wires I pushed in made connection and then terminated the end in the media box - that was also a no go. So my last question would be - did I do anything wrong this far? And if so what? OR is it just by change that maybe those wires were not working to start of with and I should terminate both sides and test the actual wires first? Any advise would be great. Thanks

I wired my house with two Cat 6 and two RG6 coax to each room running to a Leviton media center with line distribution boards. I had the cables labeled but they came off. Is there a tester that I can use to figure out which cables come from which room? I also have one Cat 6 that doesn't work.