cat5e spliter capabilities. Because I dont want a hole in my wall
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- Cable
- Internet Connection
- Digital TV
- Connection
- Internet
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happyG
October 1, 2014 11:24:51 AM
Hello everyone this is my first post
Ive got an issue that I just cant seem to solve. I hope you guys could help me out. My room came pre wired with 2 cat5e ports. 1 is for the internet the other one is used for the telephone.
Now I am getting an HD cable connection that also uses cat5e cables.
I was wondering if the cat5e cable used for my internet connection can also carry the signal for my TV. I've read some where that an internet connection below 10 mpbs only uses half the stranded wires in the cat5e cable. So could the other half be used to carry the signal of the HDTV via a splitter?
So my plan was to have
2 cables( 1 internet and 1 HDTV) ---> Y splitter ---> 1 wire (in the wall) ---> Y splitter --> 2 wires out to my room. (One connected to the TV and one connected to my TV.)
Do you guys think this is possible? or do I have to drill a hole in my wall to get the cat5e for the HDTV?
Thank you for your time!
Ive got an issue that I just cant seem to solve. I hope you guys could help me out. My room came pre wired with 2 cat5e ports. 1 is for the internet the other one is used for the telephone.
Now I am getting an HD cable connection that also uses cat5e cables.
I was wondering if the cat5e cable used for my internet connection can also carry the signal for my TV. I've read some where that an internet connection below 10 mpbs only uses half the stranded wires in the cat5e cable. So could the other half be used to carry the signal of the HDTV via a splitter?
So my plan was to have
2 cables( 1 internet and 1 HDTV) ---> Y splitter ---> 1 wire (in the wall) ---> Y splitter --> 2 wires out to my room. (One connected to the TV and one connected to my TV.)
Do you guys think this is possible? or do I have to drill a hole in my wall to get the cat5e for the HDTV?
Thank you for your time!
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kanewolf
October 1, 2014 11:31:27 AM
boosted1g
October 1, 2014 11:35:12 AM
Are you saying your HD TV connection uses ethernet for the TV singal, or it uses ethernet to get on the internet? To get internet onto the tv and the computer you would just get an ethernet switch. A 5 port gigabit switch can be found for less then $20.
FYI it is 100mbps or slower only uses 4 of the 8 wires in a cat5 cable. 1000mbps (gigabit) uses all 8. To split the cable you would need a splitter on both ends.
FYI it is 100mbps or slower only uses 4 of the 8 wires in a cat5 cable. 1000mbps (gigabit) uses all 8. To split the cable you would need a splitter on both ends.
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bill001g
October 1, 2014 11:35:58 AM
You likely could convert the one for the phone to rj45 if you do not use the phone line.
You can use pair splitters like you describe to break a cable into 2 but each will be limited to 100m. Some of the automdix has issues when you split the pairs so you may have to use cross cables.
Now that low ended managed switches have come down in price you are better off "splitting" the cable using vlan tags. This let you carry multiple networks over the same cable and they get a total 1g to share rather than each have 100m.
A managed switch should work as long as the HD cable is some standard ethernet. Now if it is not normal ethernet then you need to confirm that it will run over 2 pair. For example those cable that carry HDMI over ethernet actually need all 4 pair. Some want 2 full cat6 cables. They run a totally incompatible form of signaling than ethernet.
You can use pair splitters like you describe to break a cable into 2 but each will be limited to 100m. Some of the automdix has issues when you split the pairs so you may have to use cross cables.
Now that low ended managed switches have come down in price you are better off "splitting" the cable using vlan tags. This let you carry multiple networks over the same cable and they get a total 1g to share rather than each have 100m.
A managed switch should work as long as the HD cable is some standard ethernet. Now if it is not normal ethernet then you need to confirm that it will run over 2 pair. For example those cable that carry HDMI over ethernet actually need all 4 pair. Some want 2 full cat6 cables. They run a totally incompatible form of signaling than ethernet.
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happyG
October 8, 2014 9:13:00 AM
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