home wired networking question

[nickpdx]

We did a basement remodel and wired internet to the rooms before drywall went up. I'm terminating the connections now and have a question.

In one room we wired two ports but they are daisy chained off each other. So the one wire comes into the room, goes to one wall port, then another wire goes from that wall port to the second. At the pass through port I planned to just have both sets of writes go into the same spot on the keystone. I'm not certain now though that the top wire is being pressed down far enough to pierce the insulation.

Am I going about this the right way? What would be a better option?

Thanks for any help.

 

[Ralston18]

Nick,

No daisy chaining ethernet as I understand it.

One wire, one port /keystone - one device.

Daisy chaining may have been viable practice at some time in the past....

(Sidebar:Telephone connections RJ-11 are daisy chainable but that does not help in your situation.)

Do an online search using "daisy chain ethernet".

If you end up with only one port per room then a switch or hub will be needed for multiple devices. Or an access point for wireless maybe.

Also you should wait a bit if possible. I would expect some additional comments and suggestions.

 

[tech-wreck]

If you end up with only one port per room then a switch or hub will be needed for multiple devices. Or an access point for wireless maybe.

^this. i have wired three floors with minimal cabling using a switch on the ground floor, a router set up as a switch/wireless access point on the top floor and the main router is in the middle supplying wifi through the partition walls.

easiest way i could find, and easily extendable (the shed is next).

 

[bill001g]

A keystone is designed to only take a single cable. They do make splice device similar to keystones but that is unimportant.

Lets say manage to get the wires spliced somehow with the keystone. What will happen is you can use one or the other jacks but not both at the same time.


All ethernet is point to point with a device on each end the cable. Most times in new installs all the jacks have their own cable run to them from one central location. You then put in a switch or router to connect these together but they are connected at a logical level the wires themselves do not connect to each other.


With the walls down you might as well do it correctly. The wire itself is fairly inpensive, you tend to almost pay as much for the box,keystone and wall plate as you do for the wire running to it.

Make sure you buy solid copper wire, you will find cheap CCA cable that does not meet the standards and will give you all kinds of strange issues.

 

[tech-wreck]

We did a basement remodel and wired internet to the rooms before drywall went up. I'm terminating the connections now and have a question.

With the walls down you might as well do it correctly.

"drywall went up"

nick, lose one of the boxes, and use a switch. or, if your cables run through ducts (rather than pinned to the studs) SECURELY attach two lengths of cable to the one causing the problem. and pull it through until the two attached wires can be trimmed and terminated.