Hi all, I’m trying to run a Ethernet cable to my home office in a house built in the 60s. This connection is unlabeled and I’m not sure what it is. Can I somehow replace it with an Ethernet cable? I’m new to all of this and did some poking around in the sub but I’m not really sure what I’m looking at or what I’m in for. I don’t have any coaxial cables that I can utilize (unless they are hidden behind a wall? Any easy way to find those?). Thank you.
This is unjacketed 6 pair telephone wire. We call this particular type of wire “E Wire”. It’s a type of inside wire used for telephone service in houses and apartments in the 1960s and 70s. It’s probably original to the house. It probably runs through your attic, and dips down to your phone jacks in the walls. Not useful for much except telephone service. Anything more than that will need to be a “home run” from device to device.
I never knew that it had its own name, cool! I just know that I cursed every time I encountered it.
This is correct. Probably daisey chained through the house. If it’s an apt don’t cut it as it may be shared iw. If it’s your house only useful for telephone and dsl.