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Home Network Wiring Cat5 Simple Question (I think)

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bananafarm

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Hi everyone, first post with what I hope is a relatively simple question for my home network wiring project.



I have Bell Fibe (from Canada) installed on the main floor and the install guys ran a Cat5 wire into the basement and put a jack at point "1" (image attached). My house came with Cat5 wire ran in the walls and I want to connect one of them into an upstairs office. I'm assuming point "3" is easy just connecting to a jack as shown (assuming T568A wiring to match the connections at point "1"??). The question is, can I just connect point "2", in parallel, to each of the connections on the jack at point "1"? Are those slide-in-wire jacks able to have a pair of wires jammed in them?


Thanks for any help everyone!


Jeff


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Probably. If 3 does not have an end on it, why not just put a proper RJ-45 connector on it? A bunch of RJ45s and a crimper are probably only $20.
 
Yeah, just terminate the two lines properly in the basement with CAT5e jacks, and use a patch cable between the two.

I'm curious though. Why did he run a Cat5 cable to the basement? That's extra work for him, and from your diagram probably not necessary for the install. Was he just being nice or something? Or does that cable serve a specific purpose. If the latter, then what is that purpose?
 
Awesome, that is exactly what I'll do. I actually wanted to pull that terminal apart that Bell did anyway so I could run the wires better. I'll go with two new terminals in the basement with a patch cable.

And yes, the Bell install guys were just super awesome. We got talking and they were very friendly.... and put that extra connection in the basement for me (my office was going to go there, but now it's going upstairs, thus this post about how to connect).

Thanks for the help guys! Much appreciated.
 
Or...

Put that ISP router into the basement next to your JACK "1" then you would have an easier time to wire up your house.
 
inachu said:
Or...

Put that ISP router into the basement next to your JACK "1" then you would have an easier time to wire up your house.
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I did something like that with Bell Fibe (in Canada), and this was OK'd by the tech, even after doing the line testing and what not. Despite passing the testing, I had random disconnects of my VDLS2 line on a weekly basis.

I then moved the modem back to the original recommended install point (which is the Bell line entry point and where the VDSL filter is located), and the disconnects stopped.

tl;dr

Don't move a Bell VDSL2 modem from the recommended install location unless you really have to, because you may get odd errors.
 
Now that you know how to do it, it's time to think about wiring up the rest of the house. 🙂
 
imagoon said:
I hate you. 😉

I always recommend keystones (jacks) and a short patch cable over RJ45. RJ45 connectors on in wall cable is simple wrong, error prone and easily damaged.
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Yes, but it would be the easiest to terminate the one "lose" cable running down to the basement with an RJ45 and plug it in to the keystone. The proper way to do it would be to put a keystone on it and run a patch cable.

It isn't wrong, it can be error prone and is only damaged if you are careless. There isn't a true right way to do it. There is a "best practices" way to do it, which is key stone(s)/Patch panel for the in-wall stuff and then patch cables to a switch/client, but not following best practices isn't necessarily wrong.

Just saying.
 
azazel1024 said:
Yes, but it would be the easiest to terminate the one "lose" cable running down to the basement with an RJ45 and plug it in to the keystone. The proper way to do it would be to put a keystone on it and run a patch cable.

It isn't wrong, it can be error prone and is only damaged if you are careless. There isn't a true right way to do it. There is a "best practices" way to do it, which is key stone(s)/Patch panel for the in-wall stuff and then patch cables to a switch/client, but not following best practices isn't necessarily wrong.

Just saying.
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I just find issues with these all over our environment is my issue. In this case it sounds like he had no tools at all so I am not sure why you would go RJ45 -> cable for $20 in stuff when you could do keystone with 110 punch for $20 in stuff.
 
Or even less.

Some keystone jacks out there sold for DIY home use come with free plastic punch down tools that work just fine for several keystones.
 
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