Laying down pipe for networking flat?

furman · 4 May 2006 at 07:40

Hi,
I am getting my flat refurbished, I was thinking that it might be a good idea to put down a pipe like the blue 25mm water pipe to add networking/phone connections to each room. I think CAT6 Gigabit cabling would be best - same connection right? I have wireless but I prefer quick file transfer on the LAN. I was also going to add a telephone connection. I have seen the wall faceplates but I haven't decided where my stuff will go.

furman · 4 May 2006 at 08:51

Thinking about it again, do I need to put the cable in a pipe or just it alongside the other cables?

furman · 4 May 2006 at 10:09

Belkin cable is good quality right?
I was thinking of the setup. How could I plan it? 3 Bedrooms, hallway and living room. Should I stick a gigabit hub in the hallway and run everything from that location - my mind is a bit numb thinking about bathroom fittings so I haven't put as much thought into this yet :confused:

furman · 4 May 2006 at 10:18

Actually I think I might just buy a 100m roll for £40 and fit to a wall plate, makes more sense and the walls are not finished yet. Is it straight forward?

Fit a wall plate to each wall with 2 outputs and buy an 16 port gigabit hub and attach the cables to it in the hallway.

furman · 4 May 2006 at 10:32

I think Cat5e is a "faster" (don't know the correct term) version of Cat5, Gigabit from what I have read is Cat6

furman · 4 May 2006 at 11:09

Hi,
I think I will stick with Cat6 cable, just trying to find a wiring diagram and guide.

What is a patch panel? I was thinking that I needed to buy a 16port gigabit switch and plug all the wall sockets into it.

I have found a netgeat 16port gigabit switch for £120, roll of 100m Cat6 £40, Cat6 wall plates £8 each, just need some connectors and a crimping tool.

The cable is Belkin Cat6 Solid UTP Bulk Cable, Grey 100m - doesn't say snagless - does that matter?

furman · 4 May 2006 at 13:52

The Belkin Cat6 Solid UTP Bulk Cable, Grey 100m is £40, is that expensive for that cable? This just on a roll so I need the connectors.

furman · 6 May 2006 at 15:28

I just checked, the cable I have on order says unshielded twisted pair - is that standard or does it mean that I could experience interference?

furman · 9 May 2006 at 11:49

Hi,
Well I have my 100m cable roll, puncher tool, 1 wall plate and connectors. I just had a quick go with a bit of cable and putting the cable into the wall plate. It seem pretty easy but the inner wires are pretty fragile, I rushed taking off the outer sleeve to get to the wires and managed to slightly cut one of the coloured cables and eventually it broke off - did better after my second go

One thing I noticed, the wall plate is unshielded according to the box - I haven't really found any shielded flush wall plates so will this cause any issues.

Thanks