Crisp Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 I'm going to be running some CAT6 in the home, and was wondering, the more sockets I add, will it degrade the quality of the line? I'm wanting to run some CAT6 from under the stairs in the home, to the loft with a socket at each end. Then in the loft, another socket for some external CAT6 to then run outside the house and into the rooms. Here's a diagram to kinda help explain it... Why not just run the cables into the loft, out and then into the rooms you say? I'm paranoid something bad would happen to the outside cables (idiots cutting them, pulling them or even an Albino Polar Bear chewing them!) so I would have to end up channeling out the wall again inside the house between the stairs and the loft, which I wouldn't want to do (apart from once). So adding a cut off with sockets would make it easier to replace, so I thought of doing it like this instead. So would adding this many sockets (my paint picture above ^) degrade the cables quality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc302 Veteran Posted February 8, 2012 Veteran Share Posted February 8, 2012 Why not just put a switch upstairs instead of adding punches. that way you only have to run one cable upstairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadaaron Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 I agree with the switch and yes it will degrade the quality somewhat but you might not be able to tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Canuck Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 I'm confused... why is the cable going outside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Alex- Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Why not just put a switch upstairs instead of adding punches. that way you only have to run one cable upstairs. I'm confused... why is the cable going outside? These Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japlabot Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Yes it would work, sockets don't add very much attenuation so you will only have issues if you are approaching 100m cable length. As already stated, much better to have a switch in the loft to increase signal quality to the cables going to the rooms and less wiring to the router downstairs. If you are going to stick to this design with using patch leads instead of a switch, it is not necessary to have so many sockets like you are planning - Just 4x sockets downstairs on the router and 4x sockets for the cables leaving the building. Make sure you use CAT5e or CAT6 rated for outdoor use. Underground in ducts if possible rather than overhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisp Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 Well the main reason why I'll be going outside the house is to keep destroying the walls to a minimum. Here in the UK they use the "dib-dab" method when putting plasterboard up, which involves slapping spots on concrete stuff to the wall to hang the plasterboard. Which is turn makes it hard to put cable behind. I just thought it would be much easier to run cable internally from the main hall way of the house to the loft, then from there run it down the outside walls of the house to the rooms. Our house isn't that big, cable probably wouldn't exceed 60m. I did think about the switch idea, the only problem is though, during the summer that thing will bake! Here's more detailed lol... The brown CAT6 would be behind plaster, running from under stairs in the hall where my cabinet is to the loft. While the blue is outdoor grade CAT6. My Paint skills are so pro. Colours are only there to explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc302 Veteran Posted February 8, 2012 Veteran Share Posted February 8, 2012 OK first, that is just dumb. Poke a little hole between rooms on the bottom floor. On the second floor poke a little hole where they need to go. You are way over complicating things...the holes we are talking about aren't any bigger than the diameter of your pinky finger. You can use surface mount ducting to hide the wire and make it look nice. If you make it at the corner or by any heaters it will not be noticed. -Alex- 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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