Shotgun Ethernet Cable?

mumhaabu

Shotgun Ethernet Cable - Is there such thing and if so where can it be got? i.e. it is two cat5 Ethernet cable manufactured as one "cable" and they are just tied together like the shotgun Satellite coax used for Sky+.

I have broadband from the modem going to my wireless router and with a wired connection to my Desktop and wirelessly to the laptop. I have four ethernet ports on my router and I intend to get a network switch and run a cable from my router to the switch and distribute it to two rooms; one will be in the living room for my dream machine and Xbox360 and the other will be in the study for the Xbox360 and also as I am undecided about the Xbox's final destination.

I am using modular gang wall plates like this that I got from an electrical supplier, except instead of the spacers there are two RJ45 ports, The reason I need shotgun ethernet cable is I am not sure will one cable supply both ports or do I have to run a cable individually?? If I have to run a cable individually it will get messy and hence the requirement for shotgun cable.

thanks for taking the time to reply!!!

FusionNet

Industry standard is to run 2 cables as this is better all round for many reasons. But in a home situation you could use multicore ethernet.. And if its for a home and you dont care about standards you could run one cat5e cable as it has 4 pairs and 10/100 networks only use two pairs.. You only use 4 pair for gigabit, which I imagine you dont need right now, but if you do in the future then a one cable pull will not make this possible.. I'd run 2, its no more difficult than one really..

Kovold

Or you can use one of those - CAT5 only.

http://www.cables.ie/computer-cables/network/couplers---splitters/p226_cat-t-adapter-cat5.html

Kovold

HighlyCooL

i think what your looking for is 8 pair cable!? then that will alow you to run one cable to one out let then split the 1st 4 pairs to one face plate and the 2nd 4pairs to the second face plate. personaly it seams handy but i would say it costs a few quid more, it would work out cheaper buying 1 box of cable and marking the cables at both ends as you up them in

Capt'n Midnight

normal network cable is very common so two boxes of cat5e would mostlikely be cheaper than a specialised cable that's rarely used, and yes the norm is to run a pair of cables to every point so you have phone/network per desk or so you have a spare cable for whatever in future.

put both boxes together and tape the cables together every so often as you pull it out

you could always sell the surplus on adverts.ie