First time Cat6 jack installation advice

Hi all,

I am looking to install a Cat6 jack in an upstairs bedroom in my home.

My main telephone/internet point is downstairs in the living room, this is where my TalkTalk router is plugged in. (Poor wifi connection upstairs)

Am I right in thinking if I hook up a Cat6 ethernet cable to it, run it through the walls and connect it to a Cat6 jack/face plate in the bedroom I will then be able to plug in an ethernet cable from my PC to it and connect to the internet?

Thank you.

Yes.

In reply to a post by j0hn83:

Yes.

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There is no need to use a CAT6 cable, Cat5E will work at 1000Mbps and is much more flexible and easier to install.

Thanks for this!

Some brief tips if you've never terminated a twisted pair data cable before...

1. Score the cable sheath with the blade of a sharp Stanley knife (or proper cable strip tool). Don't cut it all the way through. Gently bend it around and pull the sheath away. I usually pare back about 2 inches, which should be enough to work with
2. Pull the four pair apart radially, like an aeroplane propeller. Don't untwist the pairs at this point. Cut of any strength member or other pair separators inside the cable
3. Carefully feed the pairs into the back of the jack. following the routing into the jack suggested by the manufacturer - this keeps the pairs apart in the correct manner so as not to adversely affect NEXT and hence performance
4. Once you have the cable snugged into the jack and the pairs in the right place, carefully just untwist the last 10mm or so of. each pair and seat the individual conductors in the respective IDC slot
5. Ensure you have the pairs in the correct places - there are 2 different pair arrangements / colour codes (568A or 568B) which mean the orange and green pairs end up on different pin pairs in the jack. For just one link its important to be consistent and do both ends of the cable in exactly the same way.
6. At this point I use a 110-type punchdown tool to push the conducts into the IDCs and seat the conductors properly. Its not really the best idea to use the blade of a screwdriver as you can end up breaking the IDC by prising the tips apart with the blade.
7. Do a basic pair continuity check to make sure its all are seated properly and you have the correct straight through pin assignments.

As with others - Cat5e will be adequate.

Use an RJ45 face plate at BOTH ends with two short patch leads.

You'll need to buy two face plates with one or two RJ45 ports per plate. You'll also need infrastructure cable that has solid core copper pairs, as distinct from an ethernet patch cable that isn't solid core but uses copper strands so that it's more flexible - such a cable is not suitable for use with faceplates.

As mentioned in another reply to your post, cat5e is sufficient for your needs and is much less stiff than cat6 cable and easier to work with.

finally, if you're going to run one ethernet cable you may as well run two.

finally, if you're going to run one ethernet cable you may as well run two.

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