Router too big for cabinet. Would love some help as to how I can make this work.

posted 10 months ago

I am completely in the dark about how all this works. I have tried my best to google and learn but it goes in one ear and out the other. Would love someone to dumb it down for me and help me with my issue.
Just moved into a flat in Germany and the cabinet is too small for my router (Speedport Smart 4)(It looks like there is space in the picture but the router doesn’t fit)https://imgur.com/a/f0PTM9c. In each room there is an ethernet plug in the wall that has a connection inside this cabinet and the reason why I want to have the router in there. I am using DSL plug (is this correct? Its what the telekom technician informed me to do). I would love to find a way to have the router not be inside the cabinet or to have the router dangling from cables outside the cabinet as it currently is.

Thanks for any help :D

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ElevenNotes@alien.topB

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10 months ago

You put switch thingy in there, connect all ports to switch thingy. You connect modem LAN port to any room port (so it connects to switch thingy), and connect modem to WAN via VDSL in room where VDSL available. Dumbed down enough for you?

Alter, kauf dir ein Switch, steck alles dort ein, pack dein Modem dort hin wo du das Internet bekommst (VDSL: Telefonsteckdose, Kabel: Coax), verbinde den LAN port von deinem Modem und voilà jeder Raum hat Internet.

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