There is a switch in the loft
I am asking about physical, plastic sockets, that take RJ45
plugs.
In the process of moving house, the new home has ethernet
wires into several rooms. There is a switch in the loft,
which I have renewed.
All the Cat5e cables into the various rooms simply end in an
RJ45 plug. I am looking to make this a bit neater, but I am
not keen to cut into the Cat5e cable, so I was wondering if
I were to buy a wall box with two RJ45 sockets, how are the
two sockets wired?
If I plug the Cat5e from the loft into one socket, can I
plug a small switch into the other? So as to connect, say a
computer and a printer?
Or is the wiring in the wall box more complex than that?
In article <597e78abccsee.sig@russellhafter.me.invalid>,
Russell Hafter News <see.sig@russellhafter.me.invalid> wrote:
If I plug the Cat5e from the loft into one socket, can I
plug a small switch into the other? So as to connect, say a
computer and a printer?
In article <597e78abccsee.sig@russellhafter.me.invalid>,
Russell Hafter News <see.sig@russellhafter.me.invalid>
wrote:
There is a switch in the loft
I'm not sure how happy I'd be with unattended electronics
in a loft because of a possible fire risk, unless there
were special precautions/alarms associated with it.
In article
<597e78abccsee.sig@russellhafter.me.invalid>,
Russell Hafter News
<see.sig@russellhafter.me.invalid> wrote:
If I plug the Cat5e from the loft into one socket,
can I plug a small switch into the other? So as to
connect, say a computer and a printer?
One advantage of doing what you suggest is that you will
gain confidence at wiring the 8 wires on the rear of a
cat5 socket without taking any risk with the existing
wiring. Then, when you've got more confidence, cut the
plug off and terminate on the rear of one of the sockets.
Only one though, so either run another cable or blank off
the second socket.
All the Cat5e cables into the various rooms simply end in an
RJ45 plug. I am looking to make this a bit neater, but I am
not keen to cut into the Cat5e cable, so I was wondering if
I were to buy a wall box with two RJ45 sockets, how are the
two sockets wired?
If I plug the Cat5e from the loft into one socket, can I
plug a small switch into the other? So as to connect, say a
computer and a printer?
I am asking about physical, plastic sockets, that take RJ45[snip]
plugs.
All the Cat5e cables into the various rooms simply end in an[snip]
RJ45 plug. I am looking to make this a bit neater, but I am
not keen to cut into the Cat5e cable, so I was wondering if
I were to buy a wall box with two RJ45 sockets, how are the
two sockets wired?
If I plug the Cat5e from the loft into one socket, can I
plug a small switch into the other? So as to connect, say a
computer and a printer?
However what you probably want are keystone jacks, which
is a standard module which goes in sockets, patch panels
etc. If you had a keystone coupler module it would take
an RJ45 cable into the socket on the back and provide a
socket on the front (ie it's a female to female adapter): https://www.comtecdirect.co.uk/product/ultima-keystone-rj45-couplers/PG6455
You can then mount these in a keystone wall plate: https://www.comtecdirect.co.uk/product/ultima-single-gang-shuttered-keystone-faceplates/PG3051
https://www.comtecdirect.co.uk/product/ultima-bevelled-faceplates-with-keystone-shutters/PG3463
which would go in a standard electrical backbox (although
this arrangement can be quite deep, so check what depth
you need. The bevelled/angled faceplates attempt to
reduce the backbox depth needed).
If I plug the Cat5e from the loft into one socket, can
I plug a small switch into the other? So as to connect,
say a computer and a printer?
If you had the keystone coupler mounted in a wall plate,
you'd only get a single wall outlet if you had only the
one drop cable from the loft. You could then plug a
switch into that, yes.
If I plug the Cat5e from the loft into one socket, can
I plug a small switch into the other? So as to connect,
say a computer and a printer?
[snip] I understand what you're trying to do, but
couldn't you just mount the switch on the wall and plug
the loft cable into that?
Another option would be a splitter (one into two RJ45) or
connector (one to one RJ45). That way you'd not need to
cut plugs off, but I reckon Bob is correct. I'd take the
leap and hard wire the back of the socket. It's very
simple with a 'wire-push' tool. I'm no expert and I
managed to do this without a problem many years ago,
before BT caught up with their own NTE5 phone / internet
front plate.
In article <597E819973%mik.towse@xemik.com>, Mik Towse
<mik@towse.org.uk> wrote:
Another option would be a splitter (one into two RJ45) or
connector (one to one RJ45). That way you'd not need to
cut plugs off, but I reckon Bob is correct. I'd take the
leap and hard wire the back of the socket. It's very
simple with a 'wire-push' tool. I'm no expert and I
managed to do this without a problem many years ago,
before BT caught up with their own NTE5 phone / internet
front plate.
Probably the main reason for not wanting to do this is the
two standards of Cat5e cable.
I have read horror stories of people wiring type A cable
using type B setting and vv.
Or even getting them mixed up.
All the Cat5e cables into the various rooms simply end in an
RJ45 plug. I am looking to make this a bit neater, but I am
not keen to cut into the Cat5e cable, so I was wondering if
I were to buy a wall box with two RJ45 sockets, how are the
two sockets wired?
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