Ethernet Wall socket Help
Hi, I have a Gig1 fibre hub. I want to connect my PC (running Windows 11) to it via an ethernet cable in the wall socket, but it seems that I get no ethernet when using the wall sockets, as when I check ethernet settings it is not connected. I also have a brand-new ethernet adapter plugged into one of the USB C slots. I know the adaptor isn't the problem as when I connect my adaptor directly to one of the router's ethernet ports it works.
I tried connecting the router to one of the wall sockets next to it which I assume is the central distribution point that supplies all the wall sockets with the ethernet, but that doesn't give me anything, tried changing the ethernet cables and that does nothing; I'm having trouble finding the ethernet switch.
Coloured red is what i have connected the cable to now, and it is the only place that i can to my knowledge. I acc dont know whether it is functional or from virgin media.
The third image is the thing my router is connected to but there is no ethernet slot.
You could firstly take the lid off the box in photo 2 and confirm that an ethernet cable is actually wired to the faceplate.
If there is, locate any other ethernet sockets in your home which you think might connect to the faceplate in photo 2.
Use a simple cable tester to match one end of a cable with its other end
https://www.screwfix.com/p/philex-network-cable-tester/93219
The above is a generic item so you don't have to get it from Screwfix. You can probably find the same item under different brand names (and possibly cheaper) from the likes of eBay, Amazon etc. This is just for testing a length of cable from one end to the other so it won't work through active network equipment such as a switch etc.