cat6a patch leads and cat6 couplers

N11xxy

Hi,
Im new to this forum, so please bear with me.

I am trying to get a wifi signal to a stone cottage I rent out on my land (approx 15meters from my main house. I have to run a 30M and 15m cat6a patch lead from the main house, then underground to a Tenda Access Point wifi extender in the cottage. I have run the 30M cat6a cable inside the main house to a point where I can put the 15m cat6a into a conduit underground to come out in the cottage. I only have a cat6 and a cat5e inline female to female connector (RJ45) should one of these be compatible? when I connect one end to the Livebox and the other to the Tenda box its showing no signal? ( I tried the tenda box on a single cable and it works fine. Can anyone tell me are the connectors not compatible with a cat6a patch lead? or do I have to get a cat6a coupler/connector? or could it be a faulty lead?

Thanks for any help.
N11xxy

Priston

First I would test the 30M cable to make sure that's not the problem, then I would test the 15M cable, and then I would test the 2 known working cables with the coupler.

I'm guessing you didn't want to spend any money on this and just used stuff you had laying around?

N11xxy

yes its some patch cables I had, I didnt really want to put to much into it as the place is in France and my Max download speed is only 2Mps and usually averages 1.4Mps so all the technology in the cabling wont increase that much. It is only for someone who wants a signal for wifi in the cottage, they can pick up the house signal in a couple of the rooms in the cottage but not very strong signal. Any suggestions what would have been the best way?
Thanks

Priston

Normally you would run a single cable without any couplers in the middle.

I personally would have made my own cable terminating both ends to keystones and used wallplates, but that would cost a decent amount of money especially since it's only 1 cable.

http://www.amazon.com/250FT-CAT5E-Solid-24AWG-Cable/dp/B000LQHTZM/ref=sr_1_91?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1423317497&sr=1-91&keywords=belkin+cat+5e

Amazon.com: Leviton 5G108-RW5 Gigamax 5E Quickport Connector, Cat 5E, White: Electronics

http://www.amazon.com/Leviton-41091-1WN-QuickPort-Midsize-Wallplate/dp/B0013ANS2I/ref=sr_1_30?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1423317773&sr=1-30&keywords=leviton+wallplate

N11xxy

thank you for the replies, very helpful for my next project, and much neater. I checked both cables individually and found there was a problem with the 30m cable, so when I connected a different 30m cable with the connector and the existing 15m cable everything lit up as it should. Thanks again