Cat5 DSL Question

kevhed72

Does voice and DSL run off the same run of CAT5 cable, or are 2 cables required?

Also, for high spend internet via coax, can there be any breaks or splices in the run to the modem, or does it have to be one continuous run ?

I'm getting close to drywall with my basement.....

mantis

Best practices with wiring Coax runs.
NO splitter from A to B. Make a HEAD END where all your runs of coax in your home are direct.
REASON less signal loss and easier to trouble shoot when something is going wrong.
NEVER ever split a run , always home run ALL runs no matter what.

for DSL which I'm surprised you have it in todays world of High speed home use , YES the Cat 5 Cat 5e Cat 6 or the latest Cat 7 if you using for phone and DSL they are on the same cable.
The wiring for phone is T568A which is a Phone standard. T568B is a networking standard due to the Green and Orange having different pins and jobs in these configurations. Both will work in both system network or phone. The Industry standard is best followed again for trouble shooting reasons so IF someone comes to your home , it's one less thing they have to go threw.
I also suggest home running ALL phone lines that are of a Cat cable type. This way in the future IF you need to convert it to a Network or Ethernet jack , it's a home run back to the head end and can be re connected to a network router or switch off of the Phone D marc.

kevhed72

The ATT guy left a box of CAT 5e for me to run myself before drywall....he says this is adequate for DSL. I was contemplating running coax next to it for when we do get high speed in the future, but my original idea was use some left over Directv coax from the wall box to the drop ceiling area of basement, and then just connect to that from another run if/when we get high speed (???) will 1 splice from the outside of the house to the router/modem be an issue?

WilliamM2

A slice should be fine if done correctly, I think Mantis was referring to a splitter, which will cut the signal strength. But coax is fairly cheap, I'd just run a new cable to the point where the cable would enter the house, if you know where that is.

stevep

Any break in the coax introduces a signal loss in addition to what the coax naturally has but in general the loss is < 0.1 db and it won't matter. Mantis's point about trouble shooting is typically far more important. It's usually the connectors/connections where the cables fail.

If the cable modem feed isn't dedicated all the way from the box on the house, make sure it's from the first splitter after entering the house.

Is the house network wired? A good place to put the DSL or Cable Modem is right next to the network switch(es).

kevhed72

How difficult is it punching down CAT 6 to a keystone jack yourself? I re ran a bunch of cat6 which was an fing mistake of sorts, and now I want to punch down the end to jacks myself....I assume this requires a tool, or should I just buy the jacks from Monoprice and ask the ATT guy to do it?