Connecting a cable from my router to a Cat5 socket

This is probably fairly straightforward but I don't know the answer.

I want to have a socket near to my TV into which I can plug a Cat5/Ethernetpatch cable and the other end of that cable will go into whatever YouView/internet TV box box I decide to get.

This is going on behind the TV in my front room but my router is in the hall, so I plan to get a long Cat5 cable and plug that into one of the socketson the router, then take the cable under the floor and out of the floor tofeed the socket behind the TV

My question is, once I have chopped off the plug on the end of the cable near the socket, how do I do work out the connections to the back of the socket? Which core goes to which connector on the socket and are they going to be IDC connectors that I'll simply connect like a phone socket using my Krone tool?

Ta

 

It would easier and more reliable to use one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291253536930

But a better solution would be fixed Cat5 wiring between two fixed
sockets, and two short patch cables. Instructions are easily found on
the web, for example:

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/network-wifi/how-wire-ethernet-wall-socket-3529650/

 

This is probably fairly straightforward but I don't know the answer.

I want to have a socket near to my TV into which I can plug a
Cat5/Ethernet patch cable and the other end of that cable will go into
whatever YouView/internet TV box box I decide to get.

This is going on behind the TV in my front room but my router is in
the hall, so I plan to get a long Cat5 cable and plug that into one of
the sockets on the router, then take the cable under the floor and out
of the floor to feed the socket behind the TV

My question is, once I have chopped off the plug on the end of the
cable near the socket, how do I do work out the connections to the
back of the socket? Which core goes to which connector on the socket
and are they going to be IDC connectors that I'll simply connect like
a phone socket using my Krone tool?




Better still get a TP-Link WR702N which is a wi-fi to ethernet
interface unit, currently £16.99 in Expensive World.

Works a treat with my Hummy YouView box and was a doddle to set up.
Note you do NOT have to have an account with anyone - anything you can
get free on your PC (such as iPlayer, Demand 5 etc) you will get on a
box.

I have a Hummy YouView box and a Huawei DN370T TalkTalk box.
Admittedly the TT box is a bit slow but it produces and records good
HD and for about £40 BNIB is a bargain. I'll have to try it out with
my Sky (freesat) box.

 

Thanks for those contributions - very useful.

I quite like the idea of a network socket like I have at work but clearly there are other ways too

 

Or maybe for the ease of the coupler, with the neatness of a faceplate,
use a back-to-back RJ45 keystone jack coupler, that fits into a euro
module faceplate? e.g.

<http://www.canford.co.uk/Products/2...CK-TO-BACK-COUPLER-Cat6A-shielded-metal-body>

 

That is exactly what the WR702N will provide albeit by radio rather
than a cable.

 

I see nobody has mentioned Powerline/Homeplug sevices yet. They're
another possible solution if cabling is not feasible and wireless
doesn't work very well.

I have a mixture of ethernet cabling, Netgear Powerline devices,
built-in wireless adaptors and an external wireless bridge (in my case
the Edimax 7228n).

Rod.

 

The downside of powerline devices is the RFI they produce across many
radio bands. You may not be popular with any radio amateurs or
shortwave listeners who live nearby!

 

As a Radio amateur, I have no problem with my own PLT systems...

 

Experience of wi-fi and powerline solutions have led me to prefer a decent cable connection where possible as it's far more robust

 

Connect the wires as below:


1 White/Orange
2 Orange White
3 White/Green
4 Blue/White
5 White/Blue
6 Green/White
7 White/Brown
8 Brown/White

Thats assuming the patch lead and outlet are 568B compliant, which if
bought in the UK, they should be

 

Murmansk says...

You would be better off fitting a small network switch near the TV.

 

It's raining today. I'm getting 2mbit on my wi-fi. It was 5.5 yesterday.
(the signal goes through a _very_ large bush)

Andy

 

Patch leads are made of stranded cable, and you want solid core for
connecting to the IDC connectors on the back of a socket. You should run
a length of solid-core Cat 5 (actually I would use Cat 6) from the hall
to the living room and put a socket on each end, then plug a short patch
lead in at each end. The colours are usually marked on the back of the
socket - it's important to keep the pairs together, each wire with its
corresponding white.

Mike

 

En el artículo <>,

Same here. PLT seems ok for general web browsing, etc. but I've had
large file transfers corrupted in spite of the 'guaranteed reliable'
nature of TCP/IP. This doesn't inspire confidence, especially when
backing up to a remote server.

I've always preferred to run cable in the past, but the layout of my
current house makes it awkward. Going to have to bite the bullet and do
it though, I think.

 

Which bands do you listen on?

 

Good point.

 

Pound to a pinch it's not 2200m, 600m or even Topband.

 

Although it's wrong, you will usually get away with kroneing stranded
cable.
Crimping normal RJ45 plugs onto solid cable is likley to fail
dismally.
You can get special plugs for solid.

 

Which bands do you listen on?[/QUOTE]

DC to Daylight

I can work Top band to 1200MHz with the equipment I have.