Ethernet wall sockets

Sp00n said:
Faffing around with powerline adapter? I just plug them in.
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Not everyone is that lucky though. I used them downstairs and really you need to get the fastest ones you can, the 500meg ones. Even then it wasnt that good. I also have wiring that doesnt allow me to cross rings so I cant do downstairs to upstairs for instance.

Ethernet cables are the way to go though it is worth the effort. First off few years ago figured out how to get a cable from dining room downstairs where master socket is to upstairs. Bit the bullet and drilled hole straight outside near where tv aerial is (little tip drill hole big enough to put a small plastic tube and put this through the hole then thread cable through plastic tube. gives added protection to cable and ensures it goes straight through). Followed tv aerial up wall then went across to canopy over front door which is hollow. So only external visible cable is about 2 metres and virtually hidden. Then drilled a hole upstairs that came out in canopy. Upstairs bedroom along skirting board with trunking into small walk in wardrobe. Up inside of that into airing cupboard then into loft across and down into spare bedroom hidden behind door to 8 port gig switch. 10m cable length purchased off Ebay.

Then when I got fed up of powerlines downstairs for BT TV etc used the 10m flat cable that came with the HomeHub. Just basically followed doorframes/skirting boards and as its flat you dont actually see it took about an hour. Once its down you have the added bonus of knowing full well it will always give you the speed you want.
 
Sp00n said:
Faffing around with powerline adapter? I just plug them in.
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If you look back through all the similar posts to this, last 12 months you'll see that I defended powerline until I was blue in the face.
They were simple, didn't have to do any drilling or any work.
They were easy, 10 minutes and you were ready to go. I think I even attacked a couple of people who kept on going on about using ethernet cables.

Since I decided to take the plunge my opinion has had to change. Yes, powerline will "just work" in the majority of cases, but there will be a number of people who do have problems and the majority will see throughput nowhere near that advertised.

Ethernet cables - GB networking to every major device in the house. That will give you the maximum throughput.
 
Yup, proper cat ethernet is faster.

Throughput is never as advertised, don't expect it to be, I guess that's down to the manufacturers mis representing them.

I live in a rental, I'm not allowed to drill holes in the walls, I have to ask permission to put pictures up so tacking cables to the skirting is not an option, hard floors so cant run cables under carpets, loose cables around walls look terrible and the mrs wouldn't stand for it and quite frankly I don't want the eyesore either.

For the amount of effort I would need to put it in to get it to a standard that I would be happy with and to convince the landlord to let me to do it, it's just easier to use powerlines, perfectly fine for streaming and gaming.
 
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Sp00n said:
I live in a rental, I'm not allowed to drill holes in the walls, I have to ask permission to put pictures up so tacking cables to the skirting is not an option, hard floors so cant run cables under carpets, loose cables around walls look terrible and the mrs wouldn't stand for it and quite frankly I don't want the eyesore either.
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Pro tip, even with hard floors I've always found enough give to push a cat5 cable under the skirting. Did this in my previous rented property with laminate and my friends rented with original wooden floors.

Instead of drilling through walls simply run them under the doors and with hardwood floors instead of tacking to the wall or floorboards use hot glue as a non destructive method of tacking the cable.

Where there's a will there's a way! ;)
 
Sp00n said:
perfectly fine for streaming and gaming.
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Until they lose sync or unusable due to being slow, at which point then you realise how a little bit of effort would have made your life significantly easier. Running a cable round the edge of a room just under the carpet really isn't that bad a job.
 
You could probably start an equally interesting thread about RJ45 vs 8P8C. Another load of pointless pedantic nonsense.

The OP did the sensible thing and left this thread two days ago.
 
RoyMi6 said:
Pro tip, even with hard floors I've always found enough give to push a cat5 cable under the skirting. Did this in my previous rented property with laminate and my friends rented with original wooden floors.

Instead of drilling through walls simply run them under the doors and with hardwood floors instead of tacking to the wall or floorboards use hot glue as a non destructive method of tacking the cable.

Where there's a will there's a way! ;)
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if I ran a cable under a door and glued it down my wife would go mental!
 
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