"John Rumm" wrote in message
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On 29/05/2020 18:37, tim... wrote:
Some of you may have seen in another place that I am having trouble with
my wireless connections in the house

So I'm thinking about how to add a fixed connection into my office

the distance of cable required is 8-10m

I have (I think) three choices:

1) add a telephone extension into the room, and move the router into that
room and plug the Ethernet directly into the computer

Not a good option really - you will get best BB performance with the
router connected to the master socket fitted with a face plate filter.
Preferably without additional extension wiring, or at least with the bell
wire disconnected (and re-created at point of use with a PABX master
socket)

2) run a standard cable (with a plug on each end) between the rooms.

Yup cheap and easy.

3) add an Ethernet socket on the wall by the router, connected to another
one in the office, plug the router into one, and the computer into the
other.

A more elegant solution, since you can now run the wiring in solid core
CAT5e rather than with a stranded patch lead. Both do the job, but the
solid core is easier to route and dress along the way.

I'm hiding it in plastic trucking (having only recently decorated I'm not
chasing walls and redecorating today)

it will look exactly the same, whatever is inside

it's only the flying ends that will look different

In all cases I will have to run the cables round the walls, preferably in
trunking.

In the case of (1), I am limited to where I can put it as the router
needs power. This has to be the last choice option.

So, what are the pros and cons of each of these?

Specifically,

1) do I need a particular grade of cable for 10 metres

CAT5e in either case. Preferably proper copper cable and not Copper Clad
Steel (CCS) or Copper Clad Aluminium (CCA).

will they go round my 90 degree bends?

I have found this:

https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/CX305R.html

though it looks too cheap, but I can click and collect

Its cheap because, patch leads are dirt cheap at trade(ish) prices,

that not how pricing of sat cables works, least not last time I looked

and, its CCA - so cheap cable.

being cheap is good, if it works

In reality at 10m it will work fine.

ok



https://www.comms-express.com/categories/cat5e-rj45-ethernet-cable-patch-leads-cables/?finder=rj45&params=Category|Cat5e,UTP%20/%20FTP|UTP,Length|10mt

Usually only do copper.

If I install sockets on the wall, are they easy to wire up? How do I

Yup, especially if you get decent quality CAT5e modules. I like these:

https://www.comms-express.com/produc...ttered-module/

so I need the tool to push the wires in



They have wire retention that gets a good grip on the strands and hold the
wire in place prior to punch down. They are marked with only the TIA 568 B
colours, so they are less confusing to wire and that reduces the chase of
accidentally getting different standards used on each end!

Note they are quite deep, which makes them less fiddly to wire - but you
need the slightly deeper bevel edge frame:

https://www.comms-express.com/produc...late-bevelled/


handle Rx/Tx crossover (or don't I need to?)

No need to - router to computer is straight through, and in reality, all
modern kit will auto detect and configure as required anyway.

I have read that there are restrictions on bending the cable

The guideline is normally no tighter than 4x the cable diameter (about
1").

1" diameter , radius, something else?

thanks

tim