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re: New home Ethernet wiring help (update with pics)
Posted on 6/19/18 at 2:24 pm to tilco
Posted on 6/19/18 at 2:24 pm to tilco
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Or my other option is to have them terminate with keystone jacks in the panel and leave them loose? Then connect those to a switch?
This is what I would do. It's going to be covered in the box so nobody will see it, right? If you don't know what you're doing, a patch panel is going to still look trashy.
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Posted on 6/19/18 at 2:38 pm to deeprig9
I'd just put RJ45 jacks on them, velcro neatly and go straight to the switch. It's only a few cables and with proper use of velcro it can look great.
It's just a few cables. No matter what there has to be cables that plug into the switch.
It's just a few cables. No matter what there has to be cables that plug into the switch.
This post was edited on 6/19/18 at 2:39 pm
Posted on 6/19/18 at 2:45 pm to deeprig9
Yes it’s going in a closet. I’ve got a pre drywall meeting with the project manager next week and I’ll see what he says but I’m guessing they are going to want to terminate with keystone jacks since that is what they are doing in the rooms anyway. I think this is what I’ll get them to do and either organize them in a blank panel (the leviton one is expensive as shite) or just run short patch cables to the switch. Leaning towards the latter since it’s only five lines. I can zip tie it all to keep it neat.
Thanks again everyone for the input. I’m catching on to all this shite....never really done any networking besides plugging in a router
Thanks again everyone for the input. I’m catching on to all this shite....never really done any networking besides plugging in a router
This post was edited on 6/19/18 at 2:53 pm
Posted on 6/19/18 at 7:43 pm to tilco
Terminating to keystone jacks in the can would be silly. It’s another point of possible failure. RJ45 in the can if the switch is in there. Keystone at wall plates.
<<<< Owns a company that does commercial data cabling.
<<<< Owns a company that does commercial data cabling.
This post was edited on 6/19/18 at 8:33 pm
Posted on 6/19/18 at 7:44 pm to tilco
quote:Nah man, get thee over to Monoprice and look for a Keystone Jack Panel. We used this one in a recent build for a small radio station. Savings let us splurge on colored jacks which we grouped according to function (biz net, radio net, VoIP, AoIP, analog audio).
organize them in a blank panel (the leviton one is expensive as shite)
Posted on 6/21/18 at 1:09 pm to VABuckeye
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Terminating to keystone jacks in the can would be silly. It’s another point of possible failure. RJ45 in the can if the switch is in there. Keystone at wall plates.
If he has no plans to ever put in a patch panel I would agree. However, if a patch panel is possible then I'd go ahead and just do keystone jacks. Then you can get a keystone patch panel and just snap them in. This is what I'm doing in phase 1 of my home network setup. When I get around to phase 2 (server rack, patch panel, etc) then I don't have to re-terminate the cables.
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