my friend just moved into his dorm and he's supposed to have an ethernet hookup. i'm trying to help him set it up (over the phone) and he is saying he can only find two phone jacks in the wall (for him and his roomate). is it possible that he is supposed to connect a phone cable into his NIC? i know a phone line can plug into an ethernet jack, but i've never heard of anyone doing it. so does his college have some crazy internet setup, or can he just not find the ethernet jack?
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I'm guessing he's not finding the correct jack for the ethernet hookup. RJ-45 network jacks are wider than the standard RJ-11 phone jack and the phone cord CAN plug into the NIC but won't work. Make sure he's using an ethernet data cable and make sure he's plugging it in to the right wall jack, if one exists.
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thats what im confused about. in the stuff he got from his orientation it says there is high speed internet available, and when he asked the RA pointed to the phone jacks.Originally posted by ProjectMag
make sure he's plugging it in to the right wall jack, if one exists.Comment
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While many universities have a LAN the students can connect to and use a shared internet connection. Maybe they meant that "Yes, you can shell out extra money and get broadband setup in your room."
But yes, i'd vote for not being able to find the outlet. Which sounds kind of dumb. So chances are Either his building is not part of the network, or they were refering to a 3rd party providing net-access.
eeew... unless they are refering to one of those retarded gimics where you can network your stuff through your phone lines.Comment
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when i was in the dorm you had to pay and activate the connection before the wall plug would work. also what projectmag said, if you dont know, rj45 looks very much like a normal phone cord. it also might take a few days for the admin to get around to adding the account and activating the port. i seriously doubt its free, i had to pay $10 per month.
oh yea, he will probably have to create a new connection on his pc as wellComment
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With my network at my house we have ISDN which isn't a high-speed connection, but it's based around the same thing. We are supposed to connect our router/modem with a cat-5 cable into the wall jack (both are rj-45 plugs) however we are using a standard phone cord to plug into the jack and router/modem. Just make sure you align it so the connectors go directly in the middle of the jack if you use a phone cord.Originally posted by ProjectMag
I'm guessing he's not finding the correct jack for the ethernet hookup. RJ-45 network jacks are wider than the standard RJ-11 phone jack and the phone cord CAN plug into the NIC but won't work.Comment
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they might just have a VPN or some sort of dial-in network, which would suck.
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