I'm having my house wired soon (finally) and have found a local CCTV company who can also do networking. I'm curious about the best practice for wiring access points. Is it normal to have a wall jack on the ceiling and a short patch cable or is the cable terminated with an RJ45?

The best practice is to run cat 6 cables to all stationary devices and make wall sockets. And access points only as a flower for a sheepskin coat, etc. In addition, the number and arrangement of points so that there is no more than one thin wall between each point and the client device, because the WiFi radio signal with DECENT parameters usually cannot overcome more.

Best Practices for Wiring Access Points: Wall Jack on Ceiling vs RJ45 Termination

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#1 20187974 13 Sep 2022 14:35

ayumi37 ayumi37

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I'm having my house wired soon (finally) and have found a local CCTV company who can also do networking. I'm curious about the best practice for wiring access points. Is it normal to have a wall jack on the ceiling and a short patch cable or is the cable terminated with an RJ45?
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#2 20189627 14 Sep 2022 13:57

KOCUREK1970 KOCUREK1970

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ayumi37 wrote:
Is it normal to have a wall outlet on the ceiling and a short patch cord

Come on, you don't!

ayumi37 wrote:
or is the cable terminated with an RJ45 connector?

Yes.
#3 20190552 14 Sep 2022 23:54

IC_Current IC_Current

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20190552 14 Sep 2022 23:54

ayumi37 wrote:
I am curious about the best practices for cabling access points

The best practice is to run cat 6 cables to all stationary devices and make wall sockets. And access points only as a flower for a sheepskin coat, etc. In addition, the number and arrangement of points so that there is no more than one thin wall between each point and the client device, because the WiFi radio signal with DECENT parameters usually cannot overcome more.

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