On 22/01/2018 17:54, T i m wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:24:51 +0000, Tim Lamb
wrote:
snip

I have run cat 6 cable here and there as suggested. Now what?

If you have a place that you consider to be a hub', wire them into a
suitable RJ45 patch and use matching singles or doubles at the
'remote' ends.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catego...le#Termination

Those
connectors don't look easy to wire up

They are more fiddly than difficult Tim, at the patch end particularly
because of the quantity of cables involved.

So, you take the first cable, strip the outer sheath revealing enough
of the inner cable to allow you to work on it and without untwisting
any more of each than necessary, lay them over the relevant IDC
connector then punch down with the right tool. That both pushed the
wire into the blade to give the IDC connection but often trims the
wires off to the right length at the same time. Repeat with the other
3 pairs for that cable them move into the next. ;-)

+1, also I would add that finding a nice make of connector makes life
much easier as well. That "Excel" brand I linked to above is very nice
to wire since you can push the wire into the outer part of the terminal
by hand[1] easily enough, and it grips it firmly. That lets you get all
8 wires in the right place first, and then munch them all down at the
same time, rather than individually.

[1] Strip 40mm or so of outer when you start and there is enough wire to
get a proper grip on! The punchdown tool will trip to length.




and what do you put at the outlet
end?

Std, mini, surface, flush, 1-4 way boxes, again with the wires punched
in using the same 'code' (they are often colour coded and a couple of
different ways) at the 'hub' end.

Yup there are two common wiring patterns for these things TIA-568A and
568B - it does not matter which you use, but you must use the same at
both ends. The B variant now seems far more common, and many of the
connectors are now only marked with the B colour code which actually
makes life easier since you don't need to stop and think each time which
you want!

You need to start the ball rolling with how *you* want to lay it all
out (if to use 1 big patch, a couple of smaller ... or separate boxes
at the 'comms' end, depending on how many ends you have) and what type
of boxes you want at the remote ends and we go from there (happy to
pop over and hook it all up etc). ;-)

In this day and age it makes sense to stick it all over the place -
assume each TV, blueray player, AV Amp, games console etc will want
ethernet - so having sockets handy makes like easier.

Cheers, T i m

p.s. Most of my wiring has been done on Cat5e ('hundreds' of runs) so
I'd have to research the Cat6 option.

Its much the same, just a bit harder to work (due to using Screened
Twisted Pair rather than UTP), and you need to make sure you use CAT6
qualified modules etc.


--
Cheers,

John.

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