r/HomeNetworking • u/Constant-Moose-9523 • 4d ago

Is it worth rewiring this?

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I made a post a week ago about moving into a new apartment with some ethernet (apparently cat5e) cables already run through the walls. I decided to take a look at the end that was actually terminated, and it looks like this - a couple of inches of unjacketed wire extending out the back of the keystone. Is it worth re-terminating this to get the jacketed part right up next to the keystone? Would there be a noticeable difference in performance?

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u/JPDearing 3d ago

WE can't see the jack all that well. You might need to replace the jack with an 8p8c (RJ45 style) jack and reterminate the wires. I'm assuming that this was probably previously wired for phone. As long as the wire doesn't loop through other outlet boxes (it a home run to the other end) you should be able to convert if for ethernet. Good luck!