In line puch down Krone coupler for Cat5E - any "gotchas"?

By altering the phone line wiring, or the ethernet wiring?

You only need to connect 2 pairs if it is CAT5E ethernet.

I suspect, even a cheapo choc-block would work.

There is of course the wireless option :-)

True for 10 or 100Mbps ethernet, but not for 1Gbps ethernet or faster.

Doesn't 1G ethernet require 4 pairs?

Really ?. I thought only cat6 needed all four pairs ?.

I'd simply twist and sleeve. Maintaining each twisted pair as well as possible. And that's free. ;-)

No, Gigabit requires all 4 pairs, regardless of the cable spec.

Technically, you shouldn't join CAT5 in that way, but it will be fine.

There is at least one standard that works over two pairsbut it has limited range and I have never seen it.

Similarly there was an early 100Mb ethernet standard (namely 100BASE-T4) that required four pairs, I only own one device that uses it, and never had anything else to connect it to, so used its 10Mb port instead.

See no reason why that wouldnt work, though for gigabit speeds its better to run a new cable

Stick RJ45 on each end..

No Gigabit uses all pairs

Yup, they work and are fine at 1 Gbps - I had to use a few here and there when altering my structured wiring system.

The Internet connection doesn't use a phone line.

I have VM cable so the cable needs moving but it is already clipped to the skirting and just needs unclipping part way and coiling.

The phone line will need similar treatment.

Both come from the front of the house via the outside wall.

The Cat5E which runs down to the patch panel and Gigabit switch under the stairs needs moving, and that goes under the floor to the centre of the house.

There is an awkward tight spot under the floor at the top of the stairs which makes it very fiddly to run cables from upstairs to under the stairs.

So I would rather re-use the current cable than run a new one.

Cheers

Dave R

That's ok then, I just wondered if it was an xDSL line, you thought that junction box would be suitable, when it would scream "DIY bodge" to any future BT engineer.

Hangf on

Is this just the connection between the router and a gigabit swiotch?

If its only carrying internet/wifi it only need be 100Mbps.

So no need to connect all the pairs or be prissy about it

Remember, Virgin do offer speeds well in excess of 100Mbps, depends what the O/P pays for ...

Not if he has 350Mbps virgin cable.

Me too. It wasn't so much alterations as a change of plan. Was originally going to have a wiring closet in one of the smaller bedrooms, but then decided to dedicate a large bedroom as an office for both of us. Some of my previously laid cables were about a metre too short...