Home cable run - can I daisy chain?

[prokopCerny]

Hi, I have a question. 

I am planning to do a new cable run from my router to my PC and the shortest run would be running outside, but I am pondering if I can do the cable run outside (with an outdoor cable) and terminate it in a wall socket near the PC and the other end would be terminated would be also terminated in a wall socket near the router. So the cables would run router > wall socket > other wall socket > PC, so 3 cables. Would it work? Can I chain cables like this?

[VoyexTech]

Splice them together? 

 

[brwainer]

If you're saying you want the two ends of the outdoor cable run to end in walljacks (female RJ45 connectors in a wallplate) then yes that is perfectly acceptable. The ethernet spec says that your main run (the outdoor cable) can be up to 100m, and you can have up to 5m of cable total on the ends. 

 

What you should look for are Keystone ethernet jacks and keystone wallplates.

[prokopCerny]

Yeah, that's exactly what I meant, sounds perfect, thanks for the tips!

[mcraftax]

just creating possible problems to have to troubleshoot. Try doing it in one run if you can.

[gamerking]

19 hours ago, prokopCerny said:

Hi, I have a question. 

I am planning to do a new cable run from my router to my PC and the shortest run would be running outside, but I am pondering if I can do the cable run outside (with an outdoor cable) and terminate it in a wall socket near the PC and the other end would be terminated would be also terminated in a wall socket near the router. So the cables would run router > wall socket > other wall socket > PC, so 3 cables. Would it work? Can I chain cables like this?

if its not on a east or west facing wall you can get away useing indoor cable just look for one with a thicker sheath they sell it for the same price .  i did the same thing last summer simplest way is jack with faceplate in the wall near your router run it outside then back to where you want it and jack with faceplate and then run i  to your pc . costs a bit more but makes troubleshooting very simple if you screw up a jack or two . if you can get outdoor cable it will last longer  for me in my area  indoor cat 6 is 20 $ for 100feet outdoor same length 200+ and its shit cable i would have to buy contractor amounts to get a good one .

 

i was told indoor cable put outdoor not in direct sunlight will last up to 10 years but in direct sunlight maybe a few if luck is on your side .

leave your self about 1 feet of slack at both ends entering and exiting the house for screw ups and slack for any issues latter on .

going to put the parts in case you dont know which ones you may need or dont know below

there is also a female to female connector for pass thur the wall you would crimp connector ends to all the cables and use that but i was unable to find any for pass thur of wall that attach to the wall plate cover

 

edit one last thing check your local laws you may not be allowed to do it your self ie you dont own the building or your town requires you to use a electrician to do the work  .
 

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