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Question

Home network via installed cat6 cabling

Mar 17, 2017 5:13AM PDT

Hi

I recently moved to a new house that has cat6 cabling. In each room, there are 2 network points and all return to a storage cupboard upstairs.

I need to crimp and put the proper network ends to these cables and I have been reading how to do this.

The issue is my broadband point is located in my downstairs living room, and this is where my router is plugged into.

If I was to plug a network cable from my current router downstairs into the wall network point beside it, and at the other end of this point (upstairs in cupboard) put network cable into a switch, and do like wise for other network points around my house, would this work and create a network?

Thanks for any advice

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Sounds right.
Mar 17, 2017 8:25AM PDT

Not sure if there's anything more to networking than taking the short courses and following the tutorials.

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Hub and Spoke
Mar 17, 2017 4:33PM PDT

You'll want to locate the switch at the central location where all your individual cable runs come together, which it sounds like is your upstairs cupboard. A couple of things you want to avoid:

1. No individual cable length is longer that 300 ft.
2. Plugging both ends of the same cable into the network, this is called a loop.

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Networking
Apr 7, 2017 10:15PM PDT

Hi there, I agree that you need to connect all the cable to the switch so that it connect all cables. If you are still confused, I think you should take help of network professional who will make you understand the things in more better way. When my friend was moved to his new house with the help of professional moving company who provided him moving and network service. So, according to me If you are confused you can hire a professional or go for online tutorials.

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Post was last edited on April 8, 2017 12:25 AM PDT