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Cat6 cables and rj-45 jacks have arrived. Time to replace the cat5e cable in my apartment.
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@EddieJennings said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
Cat6 cables and rj-45 jacks have arrived. Time to replace the cat5e cable in my apartment.
Why upgrade the cabling? Is the CAT5e not living up to expectation?
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@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@EddieJennings said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
Cat6 cables and rj-45 jacks have arrived. Time to replace the cat5e cable in my apartment.
Why upgrade the cabling? Is the CAT5e not living up to expectation?
Yeah I can't imagine Cat5e being a bottleneck
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@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@EddieJennings said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
Cat6 cables and rj-45 jacks have arrived. Time to replace the cat5e cable in my apartment.
Why upgrade the cabling? Is the CAT5e not living up to expectation?
Yeah I can't imagine Cat5e being a bottleneck
I get GigE on mine.
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@EddieJennings If you're staying within the network, you're greatest bottleneck will probably be the wireless or the router. If going out, then your ISP is going to be your bottleneck. Unless you just have some either really old or really crappy network cables in your house, or you're installing new.
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@scottalanmiller No valid technical reason.
I'm installing a patch panel in another room (overkill, but meh), so the cable was truly intended for that, as I'm currently out of extra Cat 5e cable. Each room will have a run of 12 cables.
The original room only had a few cables run, as cabling it was done with whatever cable I had lying around at the time.
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So you're just adding onto the existing? or your ripping and replacing because the new patch panel is in a new room?
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@EddieJennings said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller No valid technical reason.
I'm installing a patch panel in another room (overkill, but meh), so the cable was truly intended for that, as I'm currently out of extra Cat 5e cable. Each room will have a run of 12 cables.
The original room only had a few cables run, as cabling it was done with whatever cable I had lying around at the time.
Twelve? Damn, that's more than me. We did four to each normal room, six to my bedroom and the dining room (which has a spot that makes this make sense and is right against the cabling plant location) and then like ten or more to my office. But most rooms, like the kids' bedrooms is only four each.
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@Dashrender Both. New room is now getting a patch panel (and cat 6 cables). Old room is going to have the 5 cables it had, replaced with cat 6. Its patch panel remains.
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@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@EddieJennings said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller No valid technical reason.
I'm installing a patch panel in another room (overkill, but meh), so the cable was truly intended for that, as I'm currently out of extra Cat 5e cable. Each room will have a run of 12 cables.
The original room only had a few cables run, as cabling it was done with whatever cable I had lying around at the time.
Twelve? Damn, that's more than me. We did four to each normal room, six to my bedroom and the dining room (which has a spot that makes this make sense and is right against the cabling plant location) and then like ten or more to my office. But most rooms, like the kids' bedrooms is only four each.
Yeah. This more of an exercise in making and running cable. There's no real technical value for my apartment.
If I'm ever a home owner, then much more thought will go into the cable run.
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@EddieJennings said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@EddieJennings said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller No valid technical reason.
I'm installing a patch panel in another room (overkill, but meh), so the cable was truly intended for that, as I'm currently out of extra Cat 5e cable. Each room will have a run of 12 cables.
The original room only had a few cables run, as cabling it was done with whatever cable I had lying around at the time.
Twelve? Damn, that's more than me. We did four to each normal room, six to my bedroom and the dining room (which has a spot that makes this make sense and is right against the cabling plant location) and then like ten or more to my office. But most rooms, like the kids' bedrooms is only four each.
Yeah. This more of an exercise in making and running cable. There's no real technical value for my apartment.
If I'm ever a home owner, then much more thought will go into the cable run.
It's interesting that you're doing this in an apartment. You are allowed to cut holes in the wall or are you doing this a different way?
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@EddieJennings said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@EddieJennings said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller No valid technical reason.
I'm installing a patch panel in another room (overkill, but meh), so the cable was truly intended for that, as I'm currently out of extra Cat 5e cable. Each room will have a run of 12 cables.
The original room only had a few cables run, as cabling it was done with whatever cable I had lying around at the time.
Twelve? Damn, that's more than me. We did four to each normal room, six to my bedroom and the dining room (which has a spot that makes this make sense and is right against the cabling plant location) and then like ten or more to my office. But most rooms, like the kids' bedrooms is only four each.
Yeah. This more of an exercise in making and running cable. There's no real technical value for my apartment.
If I'm ever a home owner, then much more thought will go into the cable run.
I have huge bundles in J hooks up in the attic.
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@wirestyle22 Running cable along the floor against the wall. When I cross a doorway, I'll either use a wire mold like thing to cross on the floor, or run the cable along the door frame.
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@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@EddieJennings said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@EddieJennings said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller No valid technical reason.
I'm installing a patch panel in another room (overkill, but meh), so the cable was truly intended for that, as I'm currently out of extra Cat 5e cable. Each room will have a run of 12 cables.
The original room only had a few cables run, as cabling it was done with whatever cable I had lying around at the time.
Twelve? Damn, that's more than me. We did four to each normal room, six to my bedroom and the dining room (which has a spot that makes this make sense and is right against the cabling plant location) and then like ten or more to my office. But most rooms, like the kids' bedrooms is only four each.
Yeah. This more of an exercise in making and running cable. There's no real technical value for my apartment.
If I'm ever a home owner, then much more thought will go into the cable run.
I have huge bundles in J hooks up in the attic.
I may hire someone to do this perfectly in my new home. In a few years I'm going to be really out of practice. House needs cable porn.
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@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@EddieJennings said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@EddieJennings said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller No valid technical reason.
I'm installing a patch panel in another room (overkill, but meh), so the cable was truly intended for that, as I'm currently out of extra Cat 5e cable. Each room will have a run of 12 cables.
The original room only had a few cables run, as cabling it was done with whatever cable I had lying around at the time.
Twelve? Damn, that's more than me. We did four to each normal room, six to my bedroom and the dining room (which has a spot that makes this make sense and is right against the cabling plant location) and then like ten or more to my office. But most rooms, like the kids' bedrooms is only four each.
Yeah. This more of an exercise in making and running cable. There's no real technical value for my apartment.
If I'm ever a home owner, then much more thought will go into the cable run.
I have huge bundles in J hooks up in the attic.
I may hire someone to do this perfectly in my new home. In a few years I'm going to be really out of practice. House needs cable porn.
@bsouder did it in mine.
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@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@EddieJennings said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@EddieJennings said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller No valid technical reason.
I'm installing a patch panel in another room (overkill, but meh), so the cable was truly intended for that, as I'm currently out of extra Cat 5e cable. Each room will have a run of 12 cables.
The original room only had a few cables run, as cabling it was done with whatever cable I had lying around at the time.
Twelve? Damn, that's more than me. We did four to each normal room, six to my bedroom and the dining room (which has a spot that makes this make sense and is right against the cabling plant location) and then like ten or more to my office. But most rooms, like the kids' bedrooms is only four each.
Yeah. This more of an exercise in making and running cable. There's no real technical value for my apartment.
If I'm ever a home owner, then much more thought will go into the cable run.
I have huge bundles in J hooks up in the attic.
I may hire someone to do this perfectly in my new home. In a few years I'm going to be really out of practice. House needs cable porn.
@bsouder did it in mine.
Any pics?
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@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@EddieJennings said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@EddieJennings said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller No valid technical reason.
I'm installing a patch panel in another room (overkill, but meh), so the cable was truly intended for that, as I'm currently out of extra Cat 5e cable. Each room will have a run of 12 cables.
The original room only had a few cables run, as cabling it was done with whatever cable I had lying around at the time.
Twelve? Damn, that's more than me. We did four to each normal room, six to my bedroom and the dining room (which has a spot that makes this make sense and is right against the cabling plant location) and then like ten or more to my office. But most rooms, like the kids' bedrooms is only four each.
Yeah. This more of an exercise in making and running cable. There's no real technical value for my apartment.
If I'm ever a home owner, then much more thought will go into the cable run.
I have huge bundles in J hooks up in the attic.
I may hire someone to do this perfectly in my new home. In a few years I'm going to be really out of practice. House needs cable porn.
@bsouder did it in mine.
Any pics?
I don't think so. I can't remember where any would be.
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