Hi,
this post is made intentionally for all of you ou there having the same problem like me: having only one cable going from your router to your room or a place, and you have two devices, a computer and IPTV box, both running in that room.
I know many of you would say, ok, we have wi-fi, but sometimes wi-fi know to be so annoying, with low speeds because of interfere with other strong nearby signals, so you just can't rely on it's speed.
It is not a philosophy, but many of you just did not know it.
As we know, ftp cable has 8 wires. What everyone does not know is that signal to your computer is processing (mostly for speeds up to 100Mbit) trough 4 wires, so other 4 wires are free for use to transfer other data :)
This is good , so we can use 4 wires (2 pairs) for existing iptv protocol and connecting iptv box to your router, and another 4 wires (other 2 pairs) for transfer of internet to your pc or internet device.
Scheme is so easy to make. For this you will need
- RJ45 connector (shielded or not shielded) - 6 pcs
- FTP KAT5e cable 1m - 2 pcs
- LAN extender (coupler) - 2 pcs
- Networking tool (crimp, wire stripper, etc.)
Basic RJ45 pinout is like on the picture below:
Basic work of data transfer is to send signals from router to end users using pins 1, 2, 3 and 6.
So we are going to make a new cable (same cable made twice, for both sides, at router and at end users) that will have modified pinouts on one side and on the other he will have regular basic rj45 pinout.
Diagram of our wiring is :
- On one side of the cable connect rj45 as regular, T568B wiring diagram (as shown on first picture).
- On the other side:
a. For first device (IPTV) you will need following wires: 1, 2, 3 and 6. So, connect them in to new RJ45 connector, on their proper place, pins 1,2,3 and 6. Take note that you should follow coloring on wires in order everything can work proper. This should look like: white orange-pin1, orange-pin2, white green-pin3, green-pin6.
b. For second device (Internet) you will need following wires: 4, 5, 7 and 8. Same as before, place them on pins 1,2,3 and 6 on rj45 connector. This should look like: blue-pin1, white blue-pin2, white brown-pin3, brown-pin6. If you like you can swap colors like I did: white blue-pin1, blue-pin2, white brown-pin3 and brown-pin6 (in this option you got similar coloring scheme on both new rj45 connectors).
The same way you prepare second cable: one side regular rj45 wiring scheme and othe side scheme for connectin iptv and internet.
I would suggest to control how good conectors are crimped. Use instrument in order to check crimping quality. Quality crimping depends so much of the quality of the cable. I put to junk one made cable just because wire insulation was so hard to penetrate when pins were crimped and because of that I did not get signal on some pins.
At the end you can connect with network coupler
your new made cable with existing network cable on both sides. Just take a note wich connector is attached to wich device (see color scheme on both devices :) ) .
On next pictures you can see final result and wiring.
This made connection is capable of transfering up to 100Mbit of data. On my picture you can see that one cable is connect to router (100 Mbit iptv) and second one is going to my switch (1GBit Internet switch).
Have a nice day.
73 de Z34PEC
