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JJimmyJ

JJimmyJ

JJimmyJ

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Hello

I'm after some network help, it's not one of my stronger areas.
Currently I've had to move my set-up to the back of the house, so I'm now running Tp link ethernet plugs to get me wired in, but they drop out a lot and I'm not happy with them.
My router is situated in the living room, so the plugs are running on separate rings, so as well as the dropouts I'm missing out on full speed.
I would like to run some cabling from the livving room, through the wall and bury it beneath some limestone rocks along the side of the house and up behind the drainpipe and drill into the bedroom and provide 2 ethernet ports form my computer and server. (I've attached a crude diagram)
What kind of cabling would I require? I'd be happy with cat 5e, but is there external cabling, or would I need some sort of covering?
Also, the bit I'm really struggling on is the ports/faceplates. Would one wire enable 2 ports? So, I would connect an ethernet cable to the wallsocket in the living room, that would then
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Sorry for the wall of text.
Thanks

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Some decent quality CAT5e/6 will do the job, and will be fine outside too. You need a run of cable for each port though. But you can always run a switch off each port if one gigabit connection to each room is enough bandwidth for you.
 
I purchased some "external grade CAT5e" when I did some work just over a year ago. Wanted to link upstairs to down, but was easier to drill out and then back in and do it that way than lifting floor boards and threading cable around etc.
Nothing really special about the cable, it's just inside a black coating which looks tougher than the kind of stuff you usually see.
Run two cables - just as easy as running a single. Each cable terminates in a separate port. You definitely want faceplates & back-boxes, don't be tempted just to run the cable and plug each end into routers and devices - preserves the life of your cable run.
 
Hi Both, thanks for the responses. So, I'm thinking 2 cables would be best, a 100m should give me enough for 2 runs.
Faceplates I'm ok with, but backboxes? I assumed I would just wire into the faceplates? I am now thinking that's not the case :) I would buy 2 faceplates with 2 ports on each, but what backboxes would I need?
Thanks
 
You’ll need a back box for mounting the faceplates... whether that be a surface mount, sunk in, or drywall box, depending how you want to fix it. The cable connection will be to the faceplate.
 
 
Just be careful not to great too many sharp bends in the cable. The spec for cat 6 has a much bigger radius for bends.
As with all these specs, in real life you will probably be ok but just try to limit bends.
Andi.
 
You can buy specific outdoor cable, but in fact you can use ordinary cat 5e cable as long as it's black. Black is most suitable to resist ageing in sunlight. You can get rj45 faceplates almost anywhere, with suitable surface mount back-boxes. You will also need one of the BT insertion punch but you can get one of those for a few ££.
 
bledd said:
External cable is far tougher than 'black' cable. Do it properly, or don't bother.
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"properly" depends on where the cable is located. If it is in an area where toughness is required then sure, but if it isn't then a standard cable is just fine.
 
bledd said:
Dryline backbox
https://www.netstoredirect.com/faceplates-backboxes/13356-dryline-flush-mount-back-boxes.html

or

Surface mount backbox
https://www.netstoredirect.com/faceplates-backboxes/32-surface-mount-back-boxes.html


Loaded modules
https://www.netstoredirect.com/cat5e-modules/27-excel-cat5e-utp-rj45-loaded-faceplates.html


Internal cable
https://www.netstoredirect.com/cat5e-cable/50518-excel-cat5e-utp-cable-pvc-outer-sheath.html

External cable
https://www.netstoredirect.com/cat5e-cable/20-excel-cat5e-utp-external-cable-ldpe-outer-sheath.html


You can get cheaper cable, but this stuff is awesome. It's all we use in work. Bought about 50 of them
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Excellent, thanks for the links. I'll go with the external cable. 100m should do the trick. 2 ports in each room.
Now I need to rope my dad into doing the drilling :)
Thanks all, much appreciated
 
Get yourself a decent punchdown tool, makes life much easier. A proper ethernet cable stripper can be helpful as it can be relatively easy to cut the inner sheathing. Give yourself a bit of spare cable at each end, a small U shape is useful as it means any condensation runs to there rather than into your wall. Ideally, you want to drill out at a downward angle to help with this although not a big deal if you seal the holes well.

I always find twin & earth cable clips really useful for dual cable runs outside, they are the perfect size for this.
 
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