Home network extension through F/F Spliced CAT6E Wall Outlets

[Meractik]

I want to have my home office be operational along WIRED ethernet, im tired of using bridged wifi with my router (which is positioned in the living room) its going to be a project of mine over the thanksgiving break to take the router connect it to a wall outlet (which ill install) which takes cat6e up the wall into the attic and across to the office room and down the wall to another outlet (which ill install).

I come here to ask for recommendations of sturdy durable wall mounts for ethernet....

I don't want to buy something super cheap and plastic and have the issues I have seen in the past were plugging/unplugging the ethernet cable causes the jack to fall into the wall outlet and down inside the wall, I also want something that will clip securely without falling out.

Any recommendations you could offer are greatly appreciated, I'd prefer some first hand recommendations of someone that uses a good product and recommends it because its performed well for them. I can google random ethernet wall jacks/mounts myself.... I want the inside scoop!

 

[Cerb]

Do you have a punchdown tool? If you do, or plan to, just get RJ45 wall plates, or regular keystones. Monoprice is your friend.

If you do not, then go keystone, with keystone inline coupler jacks, and use premade cables through the wall. But, don't get the inline couplers from Monoprice. This is one of their items that is cheap and not a good value, unfortunately, IME.

Do not get telephone style plates/jacks (with screwdowns).

Do not get toolless crimp-type RJ45s. You'll just be redoing it later.

You can also use pass-through plates, and just have a single patch cord, with no RJ45 on the wall. It would need to be somewhat hidden, for aesthetic reasons, of course.

 

[Meractik]

Do you have a punchdown tool? If you do, or plan to, just get RJ45 wall plates, or regular keystones. Monoprice is your friend.

If you do not, then go keystone, with keystone inline coupler jacks, and use premade cables through the wall. But, don't get the inline couplers from Monoprice. This is one of their items that is cheap and not a good value, unfortunately, IME.

Do not get telephone style plates/jacks (with screwdowns).

Do not get toolless crimp-type RJ45s. You'll just be redoing it later.

You can also use pass-through plates, and just have a single patch cord, with no RJ45 on the wall. It would need to be somewhat hidden, for aesthetic reasons, of course.

Thanks for the suggestions, so what you're saying is the old school way of using a punchdown (which I have) and regular RJ45 wall jacks is the best? Perhaps it was jus the wall jacks they used but the types of plates I worked with in the past were really cheap and when people would push the RJ45 into the wall the jack plug would fall through the face-plate, lol. Any recommendations of good sturdy plates to use? perhaps something that is all 1 piece made specifically for RJ45 (female) receptical... instead of A) RJ45 connector B) wall face plate that goes around it...

 

[CubanlB]

I think you are confusing a punch down tool for a crimping tool.

Don't know where you are located, but if you are in the US and have a Lowes or Home Depot, etc... near by, the electrical department will have high quality (but, expensive for the quantity) Cat5e and Cat6 jacks and the keystone wall plates that they snap into. If a RJ45 jack (Female) falls out of the plate, it was the wrong plate, or really improperly installed. Once those suckers are snapped in you would have to hit it with a hammer to take it out. (unless you are un-installing it by pushing down the plastic clip that keeps it in the wall plate)

http://www.homedepot.com/s/keystone%20wall%20plate?NCNI-5

http://www.homedepot.com/s/cat6%20jack?NCNI-5

http://www.homedepot.com/s/punch+down+tool?NCNI-5

 

[Cerb]

If a RJ45 jack (Female) falls out of the plate, it was the wrong plate, or really improperly installed. Once those suckers are snapped in you would have to hit it with a hammer to take it out. (unless you are un-installing it by pushing down the plastic clip that keeps it in the wall plate)

I am, as soon as I get bored and/or motivated enough, going to have to replace a wall jack, where the jack has been ruined by people pushing the cable against the wall (and thus torquing the jack), and pulling on the cable. But it is as secure as it could be in the plate.

 

[Meractik]

I think you are confusing a punch down tool for a crimping tool.

Don't know where you are located, but if you are in the US and have a Lowes or Home Depot, etc... near by, the electrical department will have high quality (but, expensive for the quantity) Cat5e and Cat6 jacks and the keystone wall plates that they snap into. If a RJ45 jack (Female) falls out of the plate, it was the wrong plate, or really improperly installed. Once those suckers are snapped in you would have to hit it with a hammer to take it out. (unless you are un-installing it by pushing down the plastic clip that keeps it in the wall plate)

http://www.homedepot.com/s/keystone%20wall%20plate?NCNI-5

http://www.homedepot.com/s/cat6%20jack?NCNI-5

http://www.homedepot.com/s/punch+down+tool?NCNI-5

I have both punchdown and crimpers so its not an issue, what I do not have is the faceplates/connectors for the wall. I have worked with some in the past (In corporate meeting rooms) that literally would fall into the hole on the face plate when you attempt to plugin/snap in the RJ45 connector, this is something I want to avoid.

I don't plan on using the cable while its plugged in as a jumping rope but I want something that will be sturdy, whether the issue's in the past where caused by users or simply cheap materials is undetermined... I just don't want to install something with a faceplate/mount and find out that when I plug/unplug the cable it falls apart on me, lol.

I am, as soon as I get bored and/or motivated enough, going to have to replace a wall jack, where the jack has been ruined by people pushing the cable against the wall (and thus torquing the jack), and pulling on the cable. But it is as secure as it could be in the plate.

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