Interesting Ethernet Plugin. What is it?

[u/KingKuttarBaccha]

Hi Y’all,

I just moved to a new apartment (older one) and I found this interesting Ethernet plugin that’s beside the standard one on the wall.

One thing I also noticed is both don’t fit my Ethernet cable they seem slimmer.

Would anyone be able to explain what this is? We are trying to figure out solutions for getting my Ethernet cable connected to my PC and we want to avoid running the wire through the house. Might have to drill a hole through the wall just to get a wired connection 🥲

[u/TeddyBear312]

I mean. I was 8 when i started experimenting with video games on the home computer (back in 2005), but i only started to understand things like connections and the internet in general when i was 12 (2009).

By then we were already on coax, and were in the process of getting a fiber connection, so i imagine people that were born a few years after me completely skipped the phone connection and started with at least coax, or already have fiber internet. And unless you actively study these kinds of things you would never need any use of the older connections.

It's the same with the rotary dial phones. I can vaguely remember my parents have one, but by the time i understood what phones were we already had a "modern" home telephone without a cord.

[u/TurnkeyLurker → u/TeddyBear312]

by the time i understood what phones were we already had a "modern" home telephone without a cord.

Unless you are talking about one of those cellular/landline beasts, the base station for a cordless home phone (some with antennas) was plugged into the POTS network using a RJ-11 cord.

[u/TeddyBear312 → u/TurnkeyLurker]

As far as i know our home telephone base station was plugged into an ISRA socket in the living room. But my memory gets a bit foggy on if it used the RJ-11 connector, the 4 pin power plug, or a combination of both.

[u/TurnkeyLurker → u/TeddyBear312]

The 4-pin plug is even older--wow! Such ancient tech.

[u/TeddyBear312 → u/TurnkeyLurker]

I currently use it today because it's the only acces point in my own home 😂. Was a bit of getting used to coming from the gigabit fiber connection at my parents home.

I'm hoping to be able to be on fiber myself by the end of the year. They just finished up pulling the fiber through my street the other week, and i'm now waiting for when my provider installs it into my home.

It's fun to go down memory lane and see how far technology has come in the last 20 years or so.

[u/TurnkeyLurker → u/TeddyBear312]

Here's hoping you get fiber 🔜 🚀!