EtherCJ t1_iy4dq2h wrote on November 28, 2022 at 5:44 PM

Reply to comment by paulstelian97 in can you run an ethernet cable through an empty conduit in your house on your own? by VanillianArt

Although when you are talking "too long" here you mean WAY too long. Like an extra unnecessary 40 feet. Having an extra 4 feet is no issue.

paulstelian97 t1_iy4dw64 wrote on November 28, 2022 at 5:45 PM

A good quality cable can carry 1Gbps over some 80-100 meters. Splice it and you reduce the maximum significantly (as low as 20 meters before it slows down and maybe 40-50 meters before it fails completely)

Angdrambor t1_iy4f1ib wrote on November 28, 2022 at 5:53 PM

I didn't even realize you could splice cat6

paulstelian97 t1_iy4fdec wrote on November 28, 2022 at 5:55 PM

In my house everything is twisted pair (up to the GPON). I've seen some splicing done because we wouldn't redo the wiring, and it was fine (15 meters or so, 100Mbps). Now I have proper unspliced Gigabit links.

paulstelian97 t1_iy4gnds wrote on November 28, 2022 at 6:03 PM

You can splice basically any cable. The splice WILL negatively affect the signal so it's a game of whether you can afford that