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Running Ethernet to Hard Wire Device In Home (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by ExeterNardieu@alien.top to c/homenetworking@selfhosted.forum

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Hi All!

I have a router/modem from my ISP in my office. I am needing to hard wire an Apple TV that is in my living room as the wireless connection is inconsistent. I am having an electrician stop by, but I am curious if I have this right. In my office is my providers router. I was going to run a line out of my modem and plug it into a jack in the wall. I was then going to plug from the jack in my living room into my Apple TV. Three total cables effectively. Will this work, or am I missing a component that I am going to need in the middle? My router has a few hard wire connections available in it. It would look like this:

Providers Router (Is Female end) --> CAT 5 Wall Jack In Office (Is Male End) --> (Female End) CAT5 Line in Wall (Female End) --> CAT5 Wall Jack in Living Room (Male End) --> (Male End) Apple TV

Is this setup going to work, or do I need to do something differently? Also, is CAT5 the right line to have the electrician run for me and terminate at each wall?

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[–] damium@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Go with CAT6 and you should be fine if the total length of all 3 cables is less than 100m. CAT5 will work for the TV but CAT6 will work for more uses in the future and shouldn't be too much more expensive unless your electrician has a bunch of CAT5 that they are trying to get rid of.

Edit: Also if you are thinking of wiring more locations the ideal solution is to bring all of the cables to a single location where you can connect to an Ethernet switch.

[–] weespid@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

If those jacks allready exzist they likely run to one central place in the house (unless this is converted phone line).

You will likely need to connect thise two cables at the centrual point. (Or put a switch there and connect up the rest of the house as well.)

We generally recommend lv techs instead of electricians as data cabling is slightly different than electrical.