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How do I feed an ethernet cable through a doorway without damaging the door or wall?
You can buy flat Ethernet cables. I'm betting you could get one under the door and still allow it to be closed.
Another option is a powerline Ethernet adapter. This is a set of modules that plug into ...
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Best way to stick a very long Ethernet cable semi-permanently to walls?
The problem with almost any adhesive is that the longer it stays on, the more likely it is to either fall off when you don't want it to fall off, or stay on when you don't want it to (typically this ...
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How do I use existing cat5e wiring to distribute internet in my house?
Ho Le Crap! most of the pics you are showing involved phone service, not in house Ethernet / LAN. Your 6 pin connectors are for RJ16 jacks/plugs (3 line phone service). RJ45 requires 8 conductors and ...
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Wiring Ethernet through Telephone Cable
Nope! Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) jacks were usually daisy chained as you describe. Ethernet requires a "home run" from each jack to a modem, router or switch. Also, it's probably cat-...
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Can I run 300 ft of cat6 cable, with male connectors on each end, under house to other side?
There are two issues, one trivially easy, one a big "maybe":
Don't Use a Patch Cable
Don't use a patch cable. Period. The reason is that patch cable ends break. Oh, I'll just crimp on ...
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Confused about Ethernet wiring in new home
Read the jacket - I think I can see, but not make out, faint red printing on at least two of the gray cables in your picture. But there's no guarantee that all the gray cables are the same, if this ...
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Should I dig a separate trench for CAT5e wire to shed?
Same trench is fine. Use conduit, you may want to upgrade it later without re-trenching. Keep some space between the conduits, vertically, horizontally, or both.
Interference between 60 Hz power and ...
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Best way to stick a very long Ethernet cable semi-permanently to walls?
Another option no one has mentioned is to use cable raceway
The raceway itself will come with adhesive, or sometimes be nailed into the wall. It's more expensive, but the end result will look much ...
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Can an ethernet cable look OK to a cheap cable tester but still have a problem?
Yes, absolutely.
However, if it was working (at high speed) previously, then stopped, that is a little strange, but not unheard of either. If the cable is old and has been run over by office chairs or ...
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CAT5e in new home doesn’t work
They are wired correctly for telephone (POTS, Plain Old Telephone Service, single pair) per your description.
To use them for ethernet would require re-terminating, and depending how they are run, ...
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House already wired for ethernet; how to engage?
Ah, look, my day job...
Step one - if the roof antenna is gone, and you are not otherwise using the existing cables, remove the power injector. It's just wasting power and doing nothing useful, and ...
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Is cat7 cable appropriate for an office network?
If you run cat7 into a cat5e patch panel, you will get cat5e performance, not the 10gb/s you are looking for. To get cat7 performance from your cat7 cable, you would need a cat7 patch panel, cat7 ...
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Find which ends of cat5e cables belong together
Yes there are specialized tools for that. Search for "tone generator and probe" or "wire tracer" or similar phrases. (image credit: grainger.com, fiberoptics4sale.com)
However, ...
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Repurpose telephone line to ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet
If you need Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-T), you're out of luck and will have to run new wires with CAT 5e or better cabling. It's likely not that difficult depending on your house. It ...
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Can I run 300 ft of cat6 cable, with male connectors on each end, under house to other side?
I'd suggest that a single cable to bring signal from the entry point to the required distribution point is far "prettier" than a bodge of 27 WiFi access points & signal boosters!
Have ...
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Best way to stick a very long Ethernet cable semi-permanently to walls?
Hmm, when I see your first try then maybe my improvisation-style is sufficient for your needs. If appearence is not critical and money-is-out, instead of using tapes I use my stapler and cut ...
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Best way to stick a very long Ethernet cable semi-permanently to walls?
Two options that come to mind:
manassehkatz's answer to use cable clips is a great one if you'd like a lasting solution to using a long ethernet cable.
I'd like to offer an alternative to having a ...
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How do I use existing cat5e wiring to distribute internet in my house?
Answering your questions in order to the best of my ability:
Your cabling is currently connected to a telephone style punch-down block. For standard computer networking, I would purchase a RJ45 patch ...
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Should I dig a separate trench for CAT5e wire to shed?
Definitely go conduit here
I would lay two conduits (one for mains, one for data/telecom) if I were in your shoes; this way, you don't have to dig anything up later to upgrade it. 1" is adequate ...
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Wiring Ethernet through Telephone Cable
There is a separate issue of the type of cable. Telephone can run on CAT 3 (10 Meg. ethernet), CAT 5 (100 Meg. ethernet), CAT 5e (1 Gig. ethernet) but also on much older types of cables that are not ...
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Ethernet wall plate won't come off
The plastic rectangle at the top is on top of the 2nd screw. Stick a paper clip or a very small screwdriver on the side to push under and bend it slightly and it will pop out. Unscrew. Done.
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Can I run CAT6 FTP cables parallel to electrical cable in the same conduit?
Absolutely not.
Low voltage (LV) and mains cannot share a conduit.
Further, you cannot attach anything else to the outside of the electrical conduit. So forget about ty-wrapping the LV cable to the ...
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What is a proper way to support/suspend cat6 cable in a drop ceiling?
If you read up on the standards for datacom cabling, you might end up with your head spinning. Those standards are very demanding and detailed. They do make sense for big installations in commercial ...
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Electric power and wired ethernet to desk in basement not against wall
You don't even need a drop.
Just put boxes in the ceiling, or just below, and plug in. Your standard 6 foot line cord will reach the "relatively low" ceiling from the desktop, and ethernet ...
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Can an ethernet cable look OK to a cheap cable tester but still have a problem?
This is where better networking gear would come in handy.
This answer will likely not help you in the slightest right now. It's just something to think about next time you need to buy some networking ...
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Ethernet bus topology for home automation?
10Base-5 (thicknet) and 10Base-2 (thinnet) physical layers are bus topology, if you want ethernet on a bus topology. At 10 Mbit and 100 Mbit top speeds, of course.
Might be a bit hard to find hardware ...
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Can PoE cause interference with neighboring non-PoE Ethernet cables?
No, not a bit. Twisted pair cables are HIGHLY resistant to interference pickup. Furthermore, DC does not cause interference, since it is basically an unchanging current, so there's no change in ...
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Is cat7 cable appropriate for an office network?
Use fiber instead
Cat7 is still esoteric (you need not just cabling, but Cat7 Ethernet equipment) and you'll be hard pressed to get shorter runs. Fiber is readily available and is not only easily ...
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Best way to stick a very long Ethernet cable semi-permanently to walls?
Check your baseboard (what they call it in the US) or skirting board (what they call it in the UK). Typically this doesn't fit completely against the floorboards, so there's a gap between that and ...
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Can I pull ethernet cable through 1/2" pex?
Assuming it's got no fittings with sharp corners, probably.
Use a vacuum cleaner to suck a string (or pulling tape) through, rather than fussing with a fish tape. Don't cut the tube and you might even ...
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