Fibre Optic to ethernet help

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  • Notreallybob
    PCHF Member
    • Nov 2019
    • 2

    #1

    Fibre Optic to ethernet help

    Hi there - I recently put a new PC in my upstairs office, and the original plan was to run an ethernet cable down through the house to the router - however, I’ve realised that in the room next to my office, a previous owner has had a fibre optic broadband outlet installed (in addition to the one which is plugged in to the downstairs router). It’d be much easier to run a cable through to the next room, so is there a way I can convert from the fibre optic outlet to ethernet without using a standard router? It seems silly to have a second router if there’s something more basic and cheaper available - I’ve had a google around but I can’t really find what I’m looking for. I know I could use wireless, but its a gaming PC so I’d prefer a wired connection.

    Also I’m not sure if there’re different types of fibre optic connectors, this is what the one coming out of the box in the other room looks like, though:

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    Thanks in advance!
  • Rustys
    PCHF Member
    • Jul 2016
    • 7862

    #2
    Originally posted by Notreallybob
    so is there a way I can convert from the fibre optic outlet to ethernet without using a standard router?
    NO not with out the router to translate the information from the cable to the system.
    Also is that cable that you are asking about have an active signal going to it or when the previous tenant left they had it disconnected and all that is there is the old cable

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    • Notreallybob
      PCHF Member
      • Nov 2019
      • 2

      #3
      Originally posted by Rustys
      NO not with out the router to translate the information from the cable to the system.
      Also is that cable that you are asking about have an active signal going to it or when the previous tenant left they had it disconnected and all that is there is the old cable
      Thanks for getting back to me - I suspected as much, I just wondered if there was a device which does the same job as the router but on a smaller scale, like an adaptor with a singe input and a single output, or some sort of hub which doesn’t also do wifi. Seems a bit odd if such a device doesn’t exist, but I guess I’ll just have to make do!

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      • Rustys
        PCHF Member
        • Jul 2016
        • 7862

        #4
        @Notreallybob do you need anything further on this

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        • system
          PCHF Owner
          • Jan 2015
          • 7635

          #5
          No response from @Notreallybob. Thread closed.

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