So I got an ethernet to thunderbolt adapter. It works fine with I connect to router but when I connect my laptop via the adapter to the wall, there is no internet. Wifi works fine but I want a strong connection hence the getting the adapter. Any help is appreciated!
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13
<<My problem is connecting to the internet through the wall ethernet ports so maybe all the ports in the house aren't working???>>
You are likely correct.
Forgive me for pointing out the obvious, but next the the Router, that wire that enters the wall upstairs needs to come back out of the wall or ceiling or whatever, and plug into your Router. All you save by stuffing that wire in the wall is you don't walk over it every day. It's still just a cable, and needs to be plugged in at the Router-end.
In some houses, the builder pre-wired the house for Ethernet, but that may mean there are five or six cables in one spot in the basement. At least one needs to be plugged in to your Router.
<<My problem is connecting to the internet through the wall ethernet ports so maybe all the ports in the house aren't working???>>
You are likely correct.
Forgive me for pointing out the obvious, but next the the Router, that wire that enters the wall upstairs needs to come back out of the wall or ceiling or whatever, and plug into your Router. All you save by stuffing that wire in the wall is you don't walk over it every day. It's still just a cable, and needs to be plugged in at the Router-end.
In some houses, the builder pre-wired the house for Ethernet, but that may mean there are five or six cables in one spot in the basement. At least one needs to be plugged in to your Router.
Phone jacks are not Ethernet jacks. Different wires.
Maybe the wall Ethernet port isn't connected to the router.
Maybe the cable in the wall is damaged.
We have DSL, so we have a router connected to a wall phone jack. The router serves both as a direct connection modem with an ethernet cable to my iMac, but also provides the WiFi to other devices.
So, if you have a Fios box - is that your router? Best if you explain your equipment and exactly what and how it is connected. I have no experience with a Fios box, but it may not allow you to have an ethernet connection to your mac.
I may be wrong, but it seems to me that if you hardwire from the device to the router which is hardwired to the wall = you have a hardwire connection?
I am also having a problem understanding why you say that it is the Fios box that gives you Wifi - usually a router is what gives you WiFi.
We have Verizon Fios, which is fiber optics? We have a router and ONT (Optical Network Terminal, from googling it lol). So far we are able to connect internet through the router both through wifi and wired if connecting directly into the router using the ethernet to thunderbolt adapter.
The ONT has the following:
-small thin wire connected to the outside wires
-ethernet wire connected to router
-phone wire connected to wall phone jack
The router has the following:
-ethernet wire to thunderbolt adapter to laptop
-ethernet wire connected to ONT
My problem is connecting to the internet through the wall ethernet ports so maybe all the ports in the house aren't working??? So not tech savvy! haha. Thanks for helping!
It is odd because I do see an Ethernet cable connected from the wall to the router and another Ethernet cable from the router to the Fios box, which is what is all giving us wifi.
Haha, my bad. Sorry, bad with all this stuff.
Silly question but if the phone jacks work does this mean the ethernet jacks should work too?
I'll have to look and see if I can find it and plug it in if that is the issue. Thank you!
Thanks for clarifying, but I am going to step back because i am not familiar with the equipment you have. Good luck!
Ethernet to router and wifi works but ethernet to wall does not work
