Overall is a good instruction but it looks strange to me to take a shielded wire with multiple layers of shield and not to use it. It is better to use shielded RJ45 connectors (plastic with metal around it) and during stripping a cable to make sure to leave drain wire uncut (single wire without insulation on it), bend it under the shield of the connector. It is better to use a copper tape with a conductive adhesive, make one pass of a copper tape around the wire, place a drain wire on top and cover with one more layer of a copper tape, then cut the excess of a drain wire. RJ45 connector should touch the copper tape with it's shield part to have a good connection. Then cover the rest of the tape with the rubber cap or with a heat shrink tube.
@yigajonathan4744 Says:
Would also try to make a video explaining Fiber optic cables,how fiber optic cables works
@vidstak Says:
Hello, and thank you for the video. I had to make a few long cables for my house. I just got the 2 gig fiber optic in the house, and had to remove the old cables because they don't any faster than 100mbps. You are always so helpful. Thank you sir.
@bwigmytch Says:
thank you
@Banana85021 Says:
i thought of this for a while now but have gotten a new router. The speed on wifi is around 900mb/s up and down plus the signal is much stronger. Previously at the door of my house I would only get one bar, now it has full 4 bars. Does your location have fibre connection?
@tharr182 Says:
Just done this over the Bank Holiday. Never done anything like it before and your video was really helpful, so big thanks from me and the wife in her now superfast WFH office! 👍
@george-fulger Says:
cat 8.2 is 40 gB per second or 40 gbps? it's written gB with B from Bytes....not bits....
@MaximusHaskimus Says:
I like the socket. Our sockets here are all just keystones without a place to zip tie to secure the cable.
@Xorthis Says:
I've just had a new build with cat6 Ethernet put in the walls. Plugged in my device, no connection at all.
Years ago I worked in a data centre, making and running cables was a daily task for me, so I'm absolutely no stranger to this. I've had to buy myself a whole toolkit, including the tester to check the wiring. While I'm waiting for it to arrive, I checked the wiring diagram on the back of the wall socket and found it isn't T568!! They've just made up a colour order, keeping all the pairs together. Now, assuming they wired all the sockets using the same diagram, it shouldn't be an issue. However, this socket puts an A and B diagram (neither are T568), and I have a strong feeling they mixed A and B at the termination points. If it was all just one 'standard' it would still work, although introducing EM interference from the incorrect pairing.
So, I came searching youtube to see if standards had suddenly changed over the last 15 years, and this video has helped me understand that the install is probably totally wrong. Once I can get the tester and check, I can confirm this. Thanks for the refresh, and also thanks for making a very accurate and informative video!
@pibbles-a-plenty1105 Says:
I'm planning the re-installation of my computer and network equipment. I want to clean up the present tangle of cables by making cables that properly fit between units to make a neat and much easier to maintain setup. Your video is the only one I've seen to date that covers the choices and methods for making proper cables out of the pile of spares I've collected over the years. Many thanks.
@Messimagician83 Says:
Is the cable tie necessary as i have cat6 that comes down the wall into a 25mm metal back box but the sockets only seem to allow a cable tie to be used if the cable approaches from the bottom. Its quite tight bending the cable, the alternative would be to flip the socket. What would you recommend in this situation?
@squoblat Says:
This helped me wire a network into my garage project. Thanks :)
@paulharding2820 Says:
Very clear. Great video. Thank you.
@sebastjansslavitis3898 Says:
ah good old times, I also once needed to run ethernet from house to shed. I figured I'm gonna need 20m. Bought 25 and it was too short... in the end it was more like 40, go figure.
@mihailvormittag6211 Says:
👍
@KarimMGS Says:
Another excellent video. This one is so helpful I do not need to refer to any other to complete my home networking project.
You have thought and laid out the steps in a logical manner that networking enthusiasts, whom are not IT specialists like myself, would find easy to follow and implement.
My only problem is how to estimate the actual length of cable needed from one point to another within my apartment? The wiring will go through pipes already embedded within my thick brick walls and not in a straight line. Perhaps I could measure the straight line distance then multiply by 2?
Any advice by anyone is welcome.
@rickjforbes Says:
Great video
@luisortho1165 Says:
Yup, Yes Sir🤔, A Lot More Than What Expected, Thanks👌🏻🙌🏼😎.
@oliverlockley1393 Says:
Great tutorial thank you. Can you recommend a reliable brand for a roll of 6A cable (about 50m)?
@ConradoDAsisPC Says:
@l1ngo Says:
Hi there. Great video! When putting the Ethernet socked into the wall, and the hole was drilled from the outside, what cable is going into this?
@Kysalt Says:
I learned everything about Ethernet cables from just one video. Well done, and thank you.
@Teen_Spirit_91 Says:
Hi there, wondered if you had an opinion - I have a poe cctv reolink camera and currently use a cat 6 cable that runs through the wall and outside. I tried to install a ethernet socket and 99% sure it is wired fine but it will not work with the camera. I have ended up just running back directly to router from camera (which is high up outside and wired in so don't want to mess with that) I assume this should work ? Any ideas?
@PhilLawrence-nz1oo Says:
Used your video to install a cctv camera. You made it easy for my first ever ethernet connection. A complete success. Thank you.
@someoneinthe808 Says:
I was quite surprised that you didn't use a couple of devices running iPerf3 to show off the potential of your dandy new wiring. And I was also surprised at how slow your broadband access is. I live in Hawaii and we have slow Internet compared to the US mainland. The US mainland has slower(and more expensive) internet than Japan. So I was shocked to see you putting up with 45Mbps download in Nottingham. I am cheap and have 500Mbps down, but you can generally get 1Gbit if you want to pay ~$100/month.
@yakacm Says:
For any Americans watching who may be confused as to what he's drilling through, these are called bricks it's what houses are built with here, lol.
@javm7378 Says:
Very well done, thank you.
@robxfong00 Says:
I absolutely love, love, love this video! I don't think there is generally enough education about how networks work overall. As a result, I would bet that there are people paying way more than they should for the speed and volume of internet usage they actually consume. One final caveat should be that people should be careful that the ethernet cable between their PC/laptop and their router should also be at least CAT6 or above spec. If they just nonchalantly use whatever legacy cables are lying around the house and unfortunate enough to have Cat 5 product lying around, their gigabit speeds into the home will be reduced to 100Mpbs max to their PC. Dump those old CAT 5 (not 5e just yet) cables from the home.
Keep up the great work!!!!
@tonyhampton7736 Says:
How do you know how many clicks to cut the insulation off the wire?
@eds5977 Says:
Thanks
@BlueDuke1975 Says:
Very good explanation. Can you tell me what the length of that drill bit and size was?
@iamtapu Says:
Great video. Clear information provided. Thanks a lot.
@mikeZL3XD7029 Says:
Chris,
Those pass through RJ-45 connectors are worth their weight in gold,
as an electrician that installs a lot of networking stuff, I won't use anything else
@Praxibetel-Ix Says:
18:04 I thought that kind of drilling action wasn't allowed on YouTube! 🤣 (I'm so sorry for this joke)
@datboi8894 Says:
This video is very helpful and well done
@iratuzi256 Says:
This is really great and interesting to watch it's just pure learning
@carabara3947 Says:
Good Video Chris I Did The Exact Same During 2019 Covid Times New Mancave With 10mm Electric Cable And The Same Grade Of Ethernet Both Ran Through White Drainage Piping Only Mines Is Ethernet Into Hub Down Through Floor Where Pipe Comes In Through Wall Vent Then Out To Garage And Into 5-Port Gigabit Box Did You Do A Video Of The Garage Before And After
@rysterstech Says:
Worth noting that Cat5e is rated for 2.5 gigabit ethernet at 100 metersm uts even rated for 5 gigabit although those are far less common than 2.5. If the ethernet wires in your house can do gigabit, they can probably do 2.5 gigabit as well.
@trident1314 Says:
Ive watched a lot of these types of videos recently as im considering something similar, easily the best ive seen at this point👍
@brunodonzelli7912 Says:
Fantastic guide. Very helpful and NO MUSIC!!
@warrenhalsall3181 Says:
Hoe did you edit the label to add the word garage?
@LeonRamkumar Says:
Thanks, this was great. I'm going to call the network cable guy to come do it for me.
@zaitozaistomitsu3714 Says:
Very well detailed, thank you for sharing this sir!
@Daniel_bitew Says:
Very nice Thanks you
@chrisandsteve5238 Says:
Great video - I’m fixing to install a few outdoor WAP at my house and this explained everything I need to consider when purchasing cable and connectors. Well done!
@captaincryptk Says:
Wrong. As long as the distance is less than 100m, CAT-5 supports 1GB Ethernet connectivity. This is not a guess, but my experience in my home that was wired way back in 1997 with CAT-5. (This is a common error.)
@mattzoozb1385 Says:
More shielding means a big, fat, stiff cable which is hard to radius, fills up cable management, and stresses the flimsy ethernet ports and patch through-connectors. I only use it in a high electromagnetic environment, ie Radio transmitters nearby, or heavy inductive loads such as large motors, or in a substation and even in those cases I use fibre wherever possible instead.
@rickdavidson7i5656 Says:
Sir , 50Mbps is quite low according UK as developed countries 100mbps is common in India I was think UK 🇬🇧 has 1gbps avg connection every household. 😅
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