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  1. B

    UK How to go about adding a secondary router/wifi hub

    Hi all I’m after a bit of advice regarding wifi/secondary router. Data is not a strong point of mine so any advice would be very much appreciated. I currently have the wifi hub set up in the hallway - located centrally in the house. Wireless connections with phone, tablet and laptop works...
  2. mothrat1980

    Ethernet and Power cable to be run underground

    Hi, I'm going to be wiring up my garden office with power and ethernet underground and I need advice on the best way to run the cables as I have read that you should not run power and ethernet in the same conduit, so the questions I have are: What sort of shielded conduit would you recommend for...
  3. W

    Extending Wifi and wired ethernet points to garden room

    I am wiring a garden room which will be a home office, customer wants wired ethernet points and wifi down there from the house router Its too far for wifi to reach from the house I have run an SWA cat 6 from the house router to an RJ45 socket on the wall of the garden room Can I get a kind of...
  4. ZeroZero

    Ethernet woes… hmmm what to do!

    Running an Ethernet cable to my outdoor studio. I did this successfully before using cat 5 but cable severed. Run a new cable cat 6e. This cable is terminated at two Ethernet sockets one in the house the other in the studio. No signal, tested the connections using an Ethernet tester, the one...
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  6. T

    Loosing ethernet connection to internet at installations

    Hi We install equipment in domestic houses in UK. The equipment is monitored over the internet via ethernet connection and the usual RJ45 connector. The equipment is usually installed in a utility room or garage, so the ethernet cable isn’t usually long enough to go directly back to the...
  7. S

    Power over Ethernet

    Hi... I was wondering if I could pick your collective brains as I am currently stumped. :-) In my old house, I bought "Powerline Ethernet" adaptors - I plugged them in and they just worked - flawlessly - never skipped a beat for years at a time. I've moved to a new house - and started to...
  8. S

    240V AC Mains rated CAT6 ethernet cable? Avoids segregation... like CBus pink CAT5 cable?

    Hello I have recently discovered Cbus pink Cat5 / Cat5E cable. My interest started after finding out about EV-Ultra Cable, designed for electric vehicle charge points. They run power and data in the same cable. My understanding is allowed due to the data cable sheathing being rated to same...
  9. J

    Ethernet cable - twisted or solid core?

    I have provisionally mapped out my network - the broadband will be coming in from the front hallway and from there it will be connected to the switch and other IT gear in the top shelf of the storage cupboard on the first floor. Now I cannot decide whether to go with solid core or twisted core...
  10. Q

    LAN Socket to ethernet/internet

    Hi, I live in a 2 story suburban home, and want to run ethernet from the second floor through to the basement. Obviously, we don't want to have a loose wire running through the home, so we settled for having the internet run through the power outlets. This is kinda slow though, so I was looking...
  11. J

    Advice on adding Ethernet cable during a full house rewire

    So I am getting a house rewired and I have been unsure what is the best way to have some ethernet points in my house. I would probably need it in two rooms downstairs and two upstairs. It's something I would like but it's no way a dealbreaker. Sure I can use homeplug and wifi but nothing beats...
  12. B

    Ethernet for CCTV

    Evening all. I have a home CCTV system which I had connected to my broadband router with Ethernet power line adapters. These have recently stopped working and I am looking to replace with Ethernet cable between DVR and router. It will be running under the floorboards in the bedroom and then...
  13. robd

    Ethernet point no internet

    Hi all, On a recent job (electrical) the customer asked if I could add them a point to hard wire his computer to his internet. I put him an ethernet socket at each end, ran a piece of cat 5 in between and terminated with punch tool as per a bt socket. Customer reported not being able to get...
  14. S

    Testing Ethernet cable

    Hi all. I have not really done any data work before but got a job next week installing some new data cable and ports. In one of the rooms there are 4 unused Ethernet ports, is there any way of testing these ports with a laptop? Any free software that may determine whether the port and cable are...
  15. bigspark17

    Hive.. does it need ethernet..

    can the hive be set up through wifi or does it need to be connected to router via ethernet? Been asked to install on a static caravan using the park free wifi. Thanks
  16. fishkake

    Mains vs data vs PoE

    Hi, I'm guessing this is the right subforum for this. I'm a DIY'er who knows how to wire a plug and change a lightbulb. I often pretend I know a lot more than that but I'm in the company of experts here, so I'll accept my place. So if I want to mess with mains electric, I need some form of...
  17. S

    Advice needed to earthing POE radios Ethernet setup

    Hi, Apologise if this is not the right board to post about this subject and please be patient as I am not a qualified electrician. I am extending internet access between two buildings about 30 meters apart via two Ubiquiti NBE-5AC-16 NanoBeam AC 5GHz 16dBi radios which I prefer them to be...
  18. sparksburnout

    Running Ethernet cable alongside SWA.

    Got a job where customer wants power to an outbuilding, and also wants to extend their Router down to the same building. SWA is going to be fixed to concrete posts just above ground level, and I was going to run Ethernet on same route, probably tied to SWA. Is this a good idea, and would I need...
  19. R

    How many ethernet sockets to install?

    Hello everyone! Please advice me on that: How many internet sockets would you install in 2 bedroom flat? The way i have planned is: install one socket with 4 ports on living room, 1 double socket in 1 bedroom, and 1 double socket in second bedroom. Please advice how would you do it?
  20. A

    Broadband to garden office: a tale of moving master BT sockets, WiFi woes and long ethernet cables

    Hi Everyone, First post for me, I've not been able to find out a solution to my problems so hoping someone can help me here. I've added a few photos and drawings to help with my explanation below: The phone line coming into the house in a rather bizarre location - an upstairs bedroom (see...

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