Data points basics help

[Bradley6969]

Hi, anybody have any links or info about data points in a house or any pics of jobs they’ve done, never touched CAT cable in my life and want to learn about the basics of it, eg about modems, routers, patch panels
Thanks

 

[SparkyChick]

Since networking comes up occassionally and because I was asked to, here's a resource I've just uploaded

SparkyChick's Guide To IP Networking - https://www.electriciansforums.co.uk/resources/sparkychicks-guide-to-ip-networking.145/

 

[Moley]

Well SparkyChick, that took a bit of reading but it's very informative. You must have too much spare time

Bradley6969, there are a few things you will need to remember. When you are running the cable, if you think you'll just need just one point, double it and run two as in time you'll need the second. Plan well ahead. Where your TV is you'll need lot's more than you think. TV, Skybox, XBox, etc. plus a couple of spares. It's far easier to run them once than to add more later. Sticking a RJ45 on the end of the cable is a black art. You'll need a proper tool or you'll end up looking like one. You'll also need something like this :-USB LAN Network/Phone Cable Tester RJ11 RJ12 RJ45 Cat5 Network Cable Tester 6913870000978 | eBay - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-LAN-Network-Phone-Cable-Tester-RJ11-RJ12-RJ45-Cat5-Network-Cable-Tester/202318676758?hash=item2f1b220316:g:-FwAAOSwXrdaKGq8 to test your cables. My own house has two way and four way sockets, the cables then run back to a patch panel and then patch leads to my switch. It's far easier to wire patch panels/sockets than it is to put on a RJ45

 

[Bradley6969]

Well SparkyChick, that took a bit of reading but it's very informative. You must have too much spare time

Bradley6969, there are a few things you will need to remember. When you are running the cable, if you think you'll just need just one point, double it and run two as in time you'll need the second. Plan well ahead. Where your TV is you'll need lot's more than you think. TV, Skybox, XBox, etc. plus a couple of spares. It's far easier to run them once than to add more later. Sticking a RJ45 on the end of the cable is a black art. You'll need a proper tool or you'll end up looking like one. You'll also need something like this :-USB LAN Network/Phone Cable Tester RJ11 RJ12 RJ45 Cat5 Network Cable Tester 6913870000978 | eBay - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-LAN-Network-Phone-Cable-Tester-RJ11-RJ12-RJ45-Cat5-Network-Cable-Tester/202318676758?hash=item2f1b220316:g:-FwAAOSwXrdaKGq8 to test your cables. My own house has two way and four way sockets, the cables then run back to a patch panel and then patch leads to my switch. It's far easier to wire patch panels/sockets than it is to put on a RJ45

Yeah got you then, thanks for that, and I’ll also need a modem aswell I’m guessing just have a router at the min but I’m just wireless, so basicaly, incoming phone line/ broadband cable to modem should say broadband or DSL, then modem to router with a Ethernet lead from LAN port on modem to WAN port on router, then from LAN on router to switch panel does this matter what one it goes into on the switch panel? Then just patch cables from switch to patch panel

And also coming from that router I can come from another LAN port to a NVR to do some CCTV cameras?
Thanks

 

[Deleted member 105166]

Leave plenty of spare cable at the cabinet end, Cat5e/Cat6 is cheap as chips and it's always good to have plenty of spare to route neatly and tie down in the rack. To get a tidy patch, flip the panel up and rack it back to front, so you can get the lengths perfect and have a firm surface to punch down to. Moley's spot on about doubling up, running singles is pointless when a single gang box takes a pair and if you don't need more data points now, you will in the future (I learned that the hard way, ending up with numerous 4-wire splitters on the wall and in the cabinet).

 

[Bradley6969]

Leave plenty of spare cable at the cabinet end, Cat5e/Cat6 is cheap as chips and it's always good to have plenty of spare to route neatly and tie down in the rack. To get a tidy patch, flip the panel up and rack it back to front, so you can get the lengths perfect and have a firm surface to punch down to. Moley's spot on about doubling up, running singles is pointless when a single gang box takes a pair and if you don't need more data points now, you will in the future (I learned that the hard way, ending up with numerous 4-wire splitters on the wall and in the cabinet).

Thanks for your help and will do

 

[Bradley6969]

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