In reply to a post by ft247:

In reply to a post by zyborg47:

My main problem is that I have never, fitted a RJ54 connector, they make it look so easy in videos.

Buy a bag of 100 connectors and allow yourself a few metres of cable to practice on... Most people get the hang of it before they're halfway through the bag.

One thing to watch out for is matching the connector to the type of cable - solid or stranded core, Cat5, Cat6 etc. all have a 'correct' type. It's definitely possible to get away with using the wrong one in a pinch, and it will probably pass gigabit, but the correct item is easier to terminate as well as less likely to throw up issues when you move to multi-gigabit.

As others have said, I would use wall sockets, but it would not be a bad idea to maybe try the connectors. I remember i did try it once many years ago, at a mate's place.

I did a fibre network last year, never done that before, but got that working ok. Maybe that is the best way to go for the main connections here and then have converters.