Activation of CAT 5 ports

Question

Hi,
We have all three of your services (TV, Internet and phone) and I'm very new to setting up a network, and need help with the activation of the CAT 5 ports in my home. The current setup for the internet service is: Coaxial cable, to the Actiontec router, LAN to computer. The home is only a couple of years old, and each room has a wall panel that includes a CAT 5 port and coaxial outlet.
The home also has a "junction box" or central panel inside the master bedroom, which appears to feed the phone lines and coaxial outlets. There is an open ethernet port on the panel, along with a few loose coaxial cables. Would I be able to activate all the CAT 5 ports in the home, by moving the router within the panel, and connecting the open port on the panel to the WAN port on the Actiontec router, along with a connecting one of the coaxial cables?
I would appreciate your help.  

Answer 1

I presume you have FIos?
If your house is wired with ethernet, why cant you take an ethernet wire from your actiontec lan port, run it to the outlet in the office....now it's feeding the junction box in the master bedroom.  If you have a panel/switch where the other cat5's are plugged in, they should now be distributing the internet to the other outlets.
The other option...If your Ont is feeding coax to a splitter in the junction box, you could hook up your actiontec to the splitter and then run the Lan out to your panel/switch feeding the other rooms.
Remember...LAN....NOT...WAN