My modem and router exist upstairs. I would like to run a ethernet cat5 cable downstairs to the living room, but I would like it to look nice. Here is what I’m thinking of doing, but not sure if this will work.
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Install an ethernet wall plate upstairs, connect the cat5 cable to the plate and run the cable downstairs
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Install an ethernet wall plate downstairs and connect the cat5 cable that is connected to the upstairs wall plate
Result:
I now have two ethernet cat5 wall plates connected by the cable
The modem is upstairs, I plug in an ethernet cable into a port and the other end into wall plate jack. Would this make the downstairs ethernet jack live, where I can hardwire my laptop into the router upstairs? Will this work?
Diagram:
<router> —cat5—[wallplate upstairs]----cat5----[wallplate downstairs]—cat5—(laptop) = Internet connection
Thanks for any help!!
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