Run Ethernet to upstairs home office
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These seem to go directly backwards from the front of the faceplate - there won't be much room to push /bend the cable itself back into the backbox will there? Is CAT6 quite flexible or not?Tooless Keystone Jack (example)
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Personally i would run Cat6A as it is better shielded for electrical interference if you can afford it.
Otherwise i would do the same as dlockers with regard to fitment.
You can get angled fronts for the keystone jacks that help with the cable
Otherwise i would do the same as dlockers with regard to fitment.
You can get angled fronts for the keystone jacks that help with the cable
Those are the wrong ones that's why. Are you confident using a punch down tall? YouTube it. The jacks are a lot cheaper and much smaller.
You're probably right but for what it's worth I've had cat5 basic stuff outdoors for 15 years without issue.
It’s much easier just to run the cable up into the loft, then down again into the room you want it to.
Why go to all the effort of drilling through brick/cavity and then clipping the cable along the outside wall only to drill it back in the house again.
Why go to all the effort of drilling through brick/cavity and then clipping the cable along the outside wall only to drill it back in the house again.
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Funnily enough i ran some standard cat5e outside temporarily at an old house.It was there for 5 years and worked perfectly until i removed it when we moved.
He's already said - so he doesn't have to do drops and trunking from the ceiling.
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What you are planning is fine.
I would run the cable under the window sill to hide it a bit.
Use external cat6 cable and run 2 if you can.
Terminate both ends with a punch down down face plate on a 1 gang box.
Don't forget the fix the cable to the wall and seal the entry points.
I would run the cable under the window sill to hide it a bit.
Use external cat6 cable and run 2 if you can.
Terminate both ends with a punch down down face plate on a 1 gang box.
Don't forget the fix the cable to the wall and seal the entry points.
Don
Cat6A is only as good as your termination - which I guarantee won't be good enough to meet standard. Cat6A is also less flexible and can be more difficult to run, especially in a home environment (rather than on cable tray, ducting etc) - Cat6 is more than good enough for home use.
It looks pretty easy? Push the cable strand in the slot and push it in with the tool?
Don
Yep - it is easy
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Could you go into a bit more detail as to why you think the first bit. I have Cat6A run throughout the house we are building at the moment.
Yep! Just make sure you buy the tool and put it the right way around
. It won't be the last time I put the scissor bit on the inside!
Don
Because if the shielding and/or drain wire aren't connected properly then the shielding can actually cause the length of cable to act as an antenna, picking up rather than rejecting interference.
Add in the tighter tolerances, and even untwisting an extra couple of mm of cable for punching down can introduce unseen issues
Without a fluke or similar tester, it impossible to guarantee a Cat6A cable will actual perform to the specification.
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This is what I had hanging out my window for about 20 years til the builders trampled on it
It even survived getting glued to the extension roof with that black stuff they use to seal up stuff and ended up getting loose.
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One thing I will say is, drill from outside in to avoid butcher a big chunk of out your facing brick 
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Remember to make a -u shape with the cable before each hole in the wall so that any rain running along the cable will drip off the bottom of the “U” and not follow the cable into the wall.
Use external silicon sealant on the holes.
Use external silicon sealant on the holes.
One thing I will say is, drill from outside in to avoid butcher a big chunk of out your facing brick
Unfortunately I can't - the hole will be right next to a radiator so I can't risk drilling from outside in.
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Agreed. All Cat6A does in a home is increase the cost and difficulty of working with the cable.