Ethernat Cabling

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I do hope this is in the right forum.
My question is i have a net gear switch downstairs i've run a cable up to the front bedroom to the smart TV ethernet socket behind TV what i also want to do is have a ethernet sock at the bottom of the stud wall for a connection for an xbox how would i go about splitting the cable to supply both TV and XBOX from two separate module wall sockets.



Thanks in Advance Andy.
 
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Ok thanks for the reply Sparkymarka i did think that but didn't really want to put another network switch in i can run another cable as the boards are still up not a prob me thinking literally maybe there was some way of the cable going from the net switch to the first mod then the second mod but then mod 1 and 2 would have a different signal out' oh well as peter griffin says oh crap thats me under the floor tomoz' cheers mate.
 
Nothing beats hard wired you will be better running another cable as you said.

Another work around could have been a power line adaptor.
 
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I don't really like WIFI at all what i did is put a netgear switch in the kitchen behind cellar door and hard wired ever room and it works fine well impressed with it it's really sad actually that we have just bought our first smart TV and have a internet connection to it' spent four hours in bed with the mrs just watching TV thats it before you ask we are so far behind normal people its unreal lack of funds is the main reason anyhow all the room's which there is 8 of have hard wire not voodoo WIFI so if my best option is a second hard wire that's what will be in 2moz thanks guys i thought there was a item that i could plug in that would work.
My field is war machines and weapons and engineering if it dosen't work i'll just blow it up lol.
 
i've run a cable up to the front bedroom
the boards are still up

In which case, run even more cables now!! As you've already found, not having enough cables is a pain, so that will just happen again in the future!!

Even if you don't need it right now, spare cables can be tucked in the back of a back box for future use and then you can just change the faceplate when needed. Instead of moving all the furniture, pulling up carpets/floorboards all over again!! For the sake of a couple of quids worth of cable...(y)
 
Yeah nice one rsgaz good plan as i have found out over the last few months's about having more things connected to the internet' so the best advice is run as many cables as you think you may need in the future and use each one as an individual mod connection.
See i wasn't sure what you could do with ethernet cable as to splitting or joining that's why i asked the guy's that install it so best thing is t keep it all on seperate cables.
Thanks for all the feed back much appreciated.
 
You can get a sort of splitter as the data cable only requires 4 cores ....but not sure on how it effects speed ..
 
The capability of the network/cable is divided in half if using a splitter (for that access point).
 
Think i'm better running a new cable for every connection its no sweat as the house has been in the repair stage for about 5 years so easy enough to run more cables a mate of mine gave me 600 mtrs of Cat5e which when i looked at the download speed is still ok.
 
Thankyou for all the help i'll be on it tomoz i may have to run more cables and upgrade my net gear box as i was given a ****e load of xbox's and PS' so would keep kids happy.
 
Further to previous comments, it is true that ethernet only uses two pairs of cables, but only for speeds up to 100Mbps. Now, consider this. Even the fastest domestic internet speeds are in the order of 50-80Mbps, so 100Mbps connections should be adequate. Thus, the four-pair CAT5e you installed could be split to carry two connections through one cable. Use the Orange and Green pairs on terminals 1,2,3 and 6 of connection "A" and the blue and brown pairs on 1,2,3 & 6 of connection "B". Thus, this cable will make two connections to your network switch. Don't forget to mark the connections at both ends as an aide-memoire to what has been done.
 
Thanks Astra99 i'll we have a play 2moz and see how i get on thank's for you input.
 
Further to previous comments, it is true that ethernet only uses two pairs of cables, but only for speeds up to 100Mbps. Now, consider this. Even the fastest domestic internet speeds are in the order of 50-80Mbps, so 100Mbps connections should be adequate. Thus, the four-pair CAT5e you installed could be split to carry two connections through one cable. Use the Orange and Green pairs on terminals 1,2,3 and 6 of connection "A" and the blue and brown pairs on 1,2,3 & 6 of connection "B". Thus, this cable will make two connections to your network switch. Don't forget to mark the connections at both ends as an aide-memoire to what has been done.

Do you live in the middle of no where I achieve 350Mbps all day long which is about 40MB/s maybe that is where your confusion has come between byte and bit?

Anyway does not matter about the speed of the internet to the outside world if you use you smart TV and Xbox to steam from one device to another over your local network from a NAS drive maybe, you want the maximum speed that could be achieved.

Bottom line don’t half arse it when you can easily run more cables now.
 
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