DIY Networking for a Future Proof and HIGH SPEED Home! (Smurf Tubing and String Pull Trick!)
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You should use the wall plates with jacks rather than just have the cable going through the plate. Using a plate with a jack allows you to change the length of the cable going to the equipment easily. Just having the cable go through the wall plate limits your options later on. Plus, if you ever damage the cable going to the equipment it is easier to replace a patch cable than to have to patch in a new length of cable.
$5 says when the fiber company comes, they now have a "new" style box that isn't anything like the old version.
Before continuing much with watching the video, you're gonna want to wire up for WiFi access points here and there.
Please don’t terminate with modular connectors. Terminate to keystone jacks and connect with molded patch cables.
Terminate the ends with a keystone jack and plug a patch cable into the wall and to the device. That makes so much more sense and is more professional than terminating the wire with an RJ-45 plug hanging out of the wall. The prong on the RJ-45 plug will break over time and then you have to recrimp the cable.
I've ran hundreds of miles of Cat4/5/6 ethernet cable and would suggest moving the Smurf tubing at least 18" from the 120v power lines.
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Pre Camera planning with Cat6 (Power Over Ethernet - POE) 1) ALWAYS loop an outside run of temporary loose CAT6 to your camera location to test the field of view, mount the camera on an outside ladder, 2) Use good over hang protection to keep rain & snow from hitting the camera lens, 3) Use white painted flat aluminum 1-2" wide metal brace support that slides in with soffit, use stainless steel screws to hold soffit pieces in place, 4) Keep Camera away from spot lights that attracted bugs and spider webs that will eventually obscure your view. 5) Motion detect during testing, your camera placement height may make peoples videoed faces undistinguishable. PROPER CAMERA HEIGHT IS CRITICAL.
Why would you NOT use a keystone. It's so much nicer looking, more versatile, and easier.
Friends don't let friends make male ends. Use keystones (female ends) and factory patch cords!
Guys, it looks like you're going to have CAT6 "patch cables" coming out of your walls. If so, bad idea. Run your
You will want to avoid running CAT cables parallel to any power to avoid electrical noise. In a perfect world, you'd only cross a power run at 90 degrees.
Hey Paul. 20+ year Network admin here... Not too shabby on the Cat6 cable termination. I would recommend one change to the stripping process. That string that is in the cable is used to strip the blue jacket back. So you'd use the wire stripping tool, remove a section of blue jacket, but the stripping tool CAN nick the 8 inside wire jackets slightly. Sometimes it weakens them to the point that they can break off even. So the idea is that you pull the string back at 180 degree angle to the cable, using it like a rip-cord, to cut down the side of the blue jacket, exposing even more of the internal wires... then trim off the blue jacket with snips, along with the string and the center plastic spacer/insulator. Now you have guaranteed strong wires you are terminating.
I know lots of others have jumped in but you should 100% be using wall plates/jacks. The wall plate makes it so the cable in the wall is set and doesn't get moved or manipulated ever. It is just the "right" way to do it. Also as a FYI the middle piece in CAT6 or crossbar is to keep the cable pairs in the cable separate.
USUALLY, signal/data wiring should cross power lines at right angles to minimize power noise interference into the signal/data lines.
Hey stud pack! I’ve been in telecom for over 15 years and just wanted to drop some tips for you.
Hey guys, take a few minutes and go watch CZcamsr Essential Craftsman’s spec house videos on this. Episode 100 and 132. It shows the “rough” stage and the finished part. Yes - you want keystones at the wall ports, and you’ll want a proper network rack, Jordan, to terminate in a modular keystone patch panel. I use a Ubiquiti network stack (APs and cameras) for my house. Love it. Don’t forget cat6 in the ceilings for the APs! Please don’t use a full mesh system. You have open walls - take advantage of running cat6 until your arms hurt. Keep it up, guys!!
Networking is one of the major reasons I'd love to build a new house. More ports than you think you'll need, running to a quality switch, and get as many things OFF of wifi as possible.
Conduit and a vacuum looks way easier than the time I ran Cat-5e through air ducts in an HVAC system using remote control cars on a rental property.
If you're wanting to keep the male ends I'd recommend having strain relief caps on the cables. In all honesty, having a wall plate that either terminates in a female punchdown or a male-male passthrough would be the best practice. That way you can purchase premade cables that are much easier to replace and are designed to be more responsive to movement than that cable you purchased which is meant for install in walls.