Ethernet

>>56671822
Yeah a patch panel is optional. you can terminate one end and just plug it directly into your router

>>56671981
Can both ends be wall plates though? I wanna do this:

Computer <-Short Ethernet Cable-> Wall Plate (Keystone Jack) <-Long Ethernet Cable-> Wall Plate (Keystone Jack) <-Short Ethernet Cable-> Router

>>56672006
That im not too sure about, always done runs with patch panels on one end and keystone plates on the other end. I dont see why not though?

>>56672006
Yeah, patch panels are only really necessary if you have a bunch of connections. If you only have one or two you can put a keystone jack on both ends

>>56671822
Well usually patch panels are used for multiple connections. So unless you need those connections, I would just go with plugging it in to the router. Makes life easier.

>>56671822
Patch panels come into play when you have dozens if not hundreds of cables. I mean I guess you could but there's really no need or point.

>>56672143
>>56672166
Alright, makes sense. I'm just trying to figure out if "daisy chaining" the cables like I said would work, just so I have a nice wall plate at both ends.

>>56671822
>planning to wire my home with ethernet

Why when fiber exists?

>>56672185
literally retarded post. would you like someone to break down the cost and ease of use factors?

>>56671822
Patch panels are better looking that 30+ cables sticking out the wall directly to the switch.

Besides it fucks up the switch less.

Also do it like a sane person and break a wall and stick a cabinet in with patch panel and a smart switch if you don't know how to network.

>>56671822
Usually patch panels exist because the server-side end of the cables DON'T have a wall plate.

If you have one then there's no need.

>>56672185
Because optics aren't cheap and mgig will become mainstream before fiber ever will, but continue reading popular science and bringing that nonsense here.

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>>56671822
>Can't I just connect both ends of the cable to a wall plate, connect a patch cable from one of them to my computer and a patch cable from the other to my router?
if you can sure.

Patch panels are a thing because usually cables come into the server room in huge fuckoff bundles of like 30 cables each, like in pic related. There's no room to put all those on a wall panel. Hence, the patch panel.

>>56671822
you don't need a patch. It's really only for organization and re-routing.

How do you even run wire without ruining your walls? Genuinely curious, I'm tired of all my floor cables.

>>56672185
Because home networks usually don't saturate even 1 gigabit.

No reason to tear up your house to add that infrastructure if ethernet is fine.

>>56672321
You don't senpai.

>>56672176
Oh, well can't you just just hook up a patch cable to the wall jack and lead it to your modem/router through the wall? And then plug another patch cable into that jack and plug it into your computer?

>>56672321
I have mine running close to the wall, right above the skirting. Want me to take a photo?

>>56672404
Yeah sure, how are you keeping them fixed in place?

>>56672431
You could cable hooks or staples...

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>>56672431
A terrible corner. And I don't know its name in America.

>>56672540
Cable hooks.

>>56672563
Oh, that's it. The ones I use are fixed using a nail.

Easy to install and very cheap.

>>56672603
Yep. Actually had to do it a couple months back, pretty cheap!

>>56672540
Thanks, I'll have to see if my hardware store has something similar. My skirting doesn't have the same shelf but it might be doable.