Will this work?

[DodoKrastavac]

So I wanna make a wired connection from my router to 2 PCs on the other end of my apartment. I will be using cables,switches and connectors bellow. I made LAN cables at school before but I don't really know much about them. I know what crossover straight-through Cat5e and those things are. But I don't know if this setup will work.

Will be using:

Switch: https://www.links.hr/hr/switch-tp-link-tl-sg1005d-10-100-1000-mbps-5-port-053506182

Cable: https://www.links.hr/hr/kabel-intellinet-patch-cat5e-u-utp-sivi-20m-204500033 (and 2x 5m types of the same cable)

Connectors: https://www.links.hr/hr/utp-konektor-intellinet-cat5e-rj-45-kom-053512425

Tnx for reading and replies

 

[Lurick]

No need for the connectors, the cable comes pre-terminated already but otherwise you're good to go.

[Windows7ge]

Relatively new to DIY networking? That should work fine:

Modem -> Router -> Switch -> PC1 & PC2 (using 2 cables from the switch)

[DodoKrastavac]

6 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

Relatively new to DIY networking? That should work fine:

Modem -> Router -> Switch -> PC1 & PC2 (using 2 cables from the switch)

Yea I work in packet-tracer in school I know how to connect them I just wonder if the cables are all right because at school we had square connectors and the cables I want to buy look weird although they're both cat5e

Thank you for your response

[Windows7ge]

2 minutes ago, Lurick said:

No need for the connectors, the cable comes pre-terminated already but otherwise you're good to go.

Well hold on there. Maybe he wants to lop the ends off and put his own on (for what possible reason I don't know)

 

Personally I don't like the cables with injection molded plastic around the connectors. Just a personal distaste. I just prefer the finish of a hand terminated cable with a self-installed cover to protect the cable from getting caught on other cables.

[Windows7ge]

4 minutes ago, DodoKrastavac said:

Yea I work in packet-tracer in school I know how to connect them I just wonder if the cables are all right because at school we had square connectors and the cables I want to buy look weird although they're both cat5e

Square connectors? Although the RJ-45 connector does come in different versions to accommodate cable of different gauges and sleeve thicknesses/types they're all basically rectangular.

 

Unless you're talking about RJ-11. They're kind of square.

[DodoKrastavac]

Also 1 more thing is it safe to tie my LAN cables to heat pipes, as they already run through my home and it would be easy?

[DodoKrastavac]

3 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

Square connectors? Although the RJ-45 connector does come in different versions to accommodate cable of different gauges and sleeve thicknesses/types they're all basically rectangular.

 

Unless you're talking about RJ-11. They're kind of square.

Yea I mean rectangular but if looked at from the front the ones from school looked rectangular these ones have smooth corners. The school ones were pretty rectangular

[DodoKrastavac]

5 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

Square connectors? Although the RJ-45 connector does come in different versions to accommodate cable of different gauges and sleeve thicknesses/types they're all basically rectangular.

 

Unless you're talking about RJ-11. They're kind of square.

Also is that cable straight through? I'm pretty sure they all need to be straight-through

[Windows7ge]

5 minutes ago, DodoKrastavac said:

Also 1 more thing is it safe to tie my LAN cables to heat pipes, as they already run through my home and it would be easy?

Assuming it's riser cable I think the jacketing would become brittle over time. If I'm not mistaken steam heated homes, those pipes are hot enough to where you don't want to touch them. I think the rise in temp would not be great enough to cause packet loss but it'd still breakdown the plastic sleeving. Make it dry out. Become brittle. Wouldn't recommend as a long term solution.

[Windows7ge]

1 minute ago, DodoKrastavac said:

Also is that cable straight through? I'm pretty sure they all need to be straight-through

A feature that has been standardized on most/all network interfaces is a feature known as Auto-MDIX. This makes it so that it doesn't matter weather the cable is made as a strait-though or cross-over it'll detect and make the switch internally if necessary.

 

But if you're looking to make the cables yourself Strait-Though is the one you want. You're not connecting two like devices. (Except maybe daisy-chaining a switch off the router but that won't make a difference)