Hi,
I am fairly comfortable with cat5 punchdowns having terminated all cat5 cable that the builder strung through the house but left unterminated.
My 'wiring center' for outdoor cat5 that i plan to string, is going to be my second floor outdoor balcony with power outlet! Good location, free from tampering unless someone climbs up there with a ladder.
1) I plan to use a 'residential wiring ethernet bridge' to get ethernet from the balcony into the house, though the power outlet. I have tested it (ping) and it seems to work. Anyone else have experience with these? I prefer not to go drilling holes in the house because I have to sell it someday.
2) I'd like to terminate the cable on the balcony in some sort of enclosure, where I can have a row of 8 or 16 punchdowns, and also room for an ethernet POE switch. Something with a door would be nice, rather than having to futz with a screw-on cover every time i need to get in there. Any recommendations here? I suppose an empty electrical enclosure from the home store may work.
3) At each camera location, what are the preferred options? I can think of terminating each table in a small plastic box that takes cat 5 receptacles, then use a patch cable to reach the camera. This is fine for high-up eaves/soffit locations, but probably not good where people can screw with it (unplug it, see what happens if they short it, etc). In that case, do people stuff a punchdown and patch cable into an electrical junction box and stuff it all in and hope the camera mounts flush? Or just terminate the cable with a cat5 plug right in the junction box, leaving yourself a little slack. I am kind of obsessive about using 'structured wiring' everywhere though, having had to tend to some prior guy's half-arsed DIY cabling install at an air force base many years back (zero structured wiring, just plugs everywhere).
4) location. i have a tradeoff choice between very discrete (and also hard to reach), or less discrete and easy to reach from the balcony (but not the ground
). i'm thinking the latter, so i don't have to get out the ladder every time i need to make an adjustment!
thanks folks
superdave98052
I am fairly comfortable with cat5 punchdowns having terminated all cat5 cable that the builder strung through the house but left unterminated.
My 'wiring center' for outdoor cat5 that i plan to string, is going to be my second floor outdoor balcony with power outlet! Good location, free from tampering unless someone climbs up there with a ladder.
1) I plan to use a 'residential wiring ethernet bridge' to get ethernet from the balcony into the house, though the power outlet. I have tested it (ping) and it seems to work. Anyone else have experience with these? I prefer not to go drilling holes in the house because I have to sell it someday.
2) I'd like to terminate the cable on the balcony in some sort of enclosure, where I can have a row of 8 or 16 punchdowns, and also room for an ethernet POE switch. Something with a door would be nice, rather than having to futz with a screw-on cover every time i need to get in there. Any recommendations here? I suppose an empty electrical enclosure from the home store may work.
3) At each camera location, what are the preferred options? I can think of terminating each table in a small plastic box that takes cat 5 receptacles, then use a patch cable to reach the camera. This is fine for high-up eaves/soffit locations, but probably not good where people can screw with it (unplug it, see what happens if they short it, etc). In that case, do people stuff a punchdown and patch cable into an electrical junction box and stuff it all in and hope the camera mounts flush? Or just terminate the cable with a cat5 plug right in the junction box, leaving yourself a little slack. I am kind of obsessive about using 'structured wiring' everywhere though, having had to tend to some prior guy's half-arsed DIY cabling install at an air force base many years back (zero structured wiring, just plugs everywhere).
4) location. i have a tradeoff choice between very discrete (and also hard to reach), or less discrete and easy to reach from the balcony (but not the ground
). i'm thinking the latter, so i don't have to get out the ladder every time i need to make an adjustment!thanks folks
superdave98052
