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Do they make Ethernet coupler locks? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Long story short, I've got an Ethernet cable on the outside of my garage that I want to route inside.

The cable is pretty short tho, so I can't just drill a hole and stick the end of the cable inside my garage to route from there. I have to make a connection outside of my garage.

I was thinking of adding the Ethernet connection to it as it is, doing a female to female coupler and a new, longer Ethernet cable from there and into the garage, but that's obviously not secure and someone can just unplug and hook up to it.

Is there a way to secure or lock that female to female coupler? Or is there another way to do this? I can't add another box there since it's a townhome and HOA would probably be up my ass.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

A wired coupler like this would be better than an RJ-45 coupler. I would put it in a small secondary electrical junction box as well, for weather sealing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

You can use a Cat6 punch down junction box if you have to and can't run a new wire, but you are adding a point of failure. It should still work anyway, just keep the twists as tight as possible to the punch downs and mind the total distance of the Cat6 run from point to point. Another option is terminate it, plug it into a mini switch, and continue on from there to extend the distance and keep signal integrity.