Soldato
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I wish to do a little network tidyup and am pondering the best aesthetic.
Currently my BT master socket is by the fron door, beside it is the white box infinity modem and the bt homehub3. My home server sits in a small cabinet below these devices, connected by network cable. Wireless signal around the house is excellent from this position, but the two main PCs are currently wired, having no internal wireless cards. I like my main PC being wired.
This means I have long network cables running from one side of the front door, along the floor into a front room/office space. Trip hazzard etc for the young one. That floor is tiled, large tiles, not easily lifted, and look well.
I am considering running two cables from the master socket area, around the doorframe and into the office/front room. Easily enough done, but what i am wondering is if I was to run these cables, and at each end instead of directly connect to the computers and the homehub, to instead terminate each with a network box, with a cat 6 faceplate, and from that take a shorter network cable to eahc machine, and at the other end to the homehub.
It would mean if I ever move things, or shift around, the boxes can stay in place and leave things neat rather than having network cabeling end hanging freely off the wall.
Will this work okay? what items would I need to terminte in the boxes etc, will I lose signal strenth or gain interference with extra connections etc?
Currently my BT master socket is by the fron door, beside it is the white box infinity modem and the bt homehub3. My home server sits in a small cabinet below these devices, connected by network cable. Wireless signal around the house is excellent from this position, but the two main PCs are currently wired, having no internal wireless cards. I like my main PC being wired.
This means I have long network cables running from one side of the front door, along the floor into a front room/office space. Trip hazzard etc for the young one. That floor is tiled, large tiles, not easily lifted, and look well.
I am considering running two cables from the master socket area, around the doorframe and into the office/front room. Easily enough done, but what i am wondering is if I was to run these cables, and at each end instead of directly connect to the computers and the homehub, to instead terminate each with a network box, with a cat 6 faceplate, and from that take a shorter network cable to eahc machine, and at the other end to the homehub.
It would mean if I ever move things, or shift around, the boxes can stay in place and leave things neat rather than having network cabeling end hanging freely off the wall.
Will this work okay? what items would I need to terminte in the boxes etc, will I lose signal strenth or gain interference with extra connections etc?
