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Multiple Ethernet ports possible? (alien.top)
submitted 2 years ago by [B] to c/homenetworking@selfhosted.forum
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So our house is a split level, and the internet cable is coming from the crawl space which is directly below a 1st floor living room, and right next to the basement living room. My modem/router is on the first floor, so I have wired Ethernet access there, but how could I also have wired Ethernet access in the basement, without running a 200 foot cat5 from my router into the crawl space and across it, under the crawl space door and stapled to the wall? Is there a way to split the source without demolishing the network speed?

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[–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

if you use cat6 then a 200ft run is NOT a problem at all and will NOT hurt speed.
(other than the mention of a staple... please use plastic loops instead.)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08B4G2784?th=1
if the wall is finished already then those sticky hooks work well to hold up cables.

Are there more direct paths a cable could take? such as through a floor in a closet or down the inside of a wall?

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  • [–] [S, B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Part of my problem I’m trying to solve is that when cable was installed, they thought they were drilling up from the crawl space into the wall of the first floor, but instead, the drill bit came out about 5 inches away from the wall straight through the floor, with just enough room for the cable and not much else. So I’d prefer not to have to drill another hole in order to run cable from the router back down into the floor, through the crawl space and to the other tv down in the basement.

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