Upgrading ethernet ports

[That Kid World]

I have cat 5e built into my house walla and have ports, is it possible for me to upgrade these ports to cat 6 or cat 6a without having to take put anyways and use the prexisting ports/holes?

[Didrik]

First why? Cat 5e is already gigabit.
 

And how, you pull a new cable trough the tubes were the old cable was.

[That Kid World]

3 minutes ago, Didrik said:

First why? Cat 5e is already gigabit.
 

And how, you pull a new cable trough the tubes were the old cable was.

I need 6 cat 5 for 10 gig home networking, also what do you mean by tubes?

[Didrik]

Just now, That Kid World said:

I need 6 cat 5 for 10 gig home networking, also what do you mean by tubes?

Fair.
If it's done properly the cables that leads to the socket is in a tube. And you can easily pull new cables trogh with a cable puller.
And you probobly have not to change the socket.

[That Kid World]

As far as I can tell, I dint see any tubes in whuch the cables run through, what do I do if there are no tubes?

[Didrik]

can you send a picture please?

[That Kid World]

10 minutes ago, Didrik said:

can you send a picture please?

Here are images of the socket, and the wiring in the basement, the thick wires are power cables, I have some cat 6 cables but none if them are wired to the room that actually need it

[The_russian]

21 minutes ago, That Kid World said:

I have cat 5e built into my house walla and have ports, is it possible for me to upgrade these ports to cat 6 or cat 6a without having to take put anyways and use the prexisting ports/holes?

If I’m understating you correctly you are asking if you can upgrade the ports to cat 6/6a without upgrading the cable? Cat 6 uses thicker gauge wiring than cat 5e so cat 6 connectors are only meant for cat 6 cables, not cat 5e. Even if you got a cat 6 connector on a cat 5e cable, you wouldn’t benefit at all from it since the improvement is mostly in the cabling and not the connector. 

 

15 minutes ago, Didrik said:

Fair.
If it's done properly the cables that leads to the socket is in a tube.

Different countries and regions within countries do things differently, I don’t know where OP is located but in-wall conduits for wiring/cabling are basically non-existent in the US, at least from what I have seen.

[That Kid World]

Just now, The_russian said:

If I’m understating you correctly you are asking if you can upgrade the ports to cat 6/6a without upgrading the cable? Cat 6 uses thicker gauge wiring than cat 5e so cat 6 connectors are only meant for cat 6 cables, not cat 5e. Even if you got a cat 6 connector on a cat 5e cable, you wouldn’t benefit at all from it since the improvement is mostly in the cabling and not the connector. 

 

Different countries and regions within countries do things differently, I don’t know where OP is located but in-wall conduits for wiring/cabling are basically non-existent in the US, at least from what I have seen.

I'm trying to upgrade to cat 6/6a with out having to upgrade the socket or take out the wall, I'm living in canada as well if that helps

[Lurick]

1 minute ago, That Kid World said:

I'm trying to upgrade to cat 6/6a with out having to upgrade the socket or take out the wall, I'm living in canada as well if that helps

That's not possible then, you need to replace the entire wire.

[That Kid World]

1 minute ago, Lurick said:

That's not possible then, you need to replace the entire wire.

I'm fine with replacing the wire, all the wiring is still rough, I just don't want to have to take out the entire wall and/or drill a new socket

[Lurick]

5 minutes ago, That Kid World said:

I'm fine with replacing the wire, all the wiring is still rough, I just don't want to have to take out the entire wall and/or drill a new socket

Oh, so yah, you'll just need to pull new wire. You could tape it to the old and pull it through BUT if the old wire is stapled or clamped down you're going to have a bad time with that. If it's not stapled or anything then it should be pretty simple. You'll need to replace the jacks on the plate but that's it.

[mariushm]

You could just  tie your cat6/cat6a cable to the end of the cat5e cable and then gently pull the cat5e cable out , after removing the metal clips and whatnot that hold the current ethernet cables tied down ... the cat6a cable should be pulled in the original cable's place.

 

Electricians usually use a thin steel wire with a ring or something at the end, slide it down through the wall, tie the cable and then pull the cable through the wall.

 

 

 

[That Kid World]

Any tools that would be helpful for this? Also let's say I would want to add an extra cable into the socket, since many of the sockets in my house have more than one cable, is that possible?

[Lurick]

1 minute ago, That Kid World said:

Any tools that would be helpful for this? Also let's say I would want to add an extra cable into the socket, since many of the sockets in my house have more than one cable, is that possible?

If nothing is holding the original wire down (as mentioned earlier) or they don't go through a narrow gap then two cables to one old cable should be possible as well.