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CAT5 network wall jack, with male/male wire?

Asked by helpmealot in Miscellaneous Hardware, Network Cards & Adapters, Networking Cables

Tags: cat5, connect, jack, wiring

Hello,

We've been doing some remodelling around the house. Since everything is torn up, we thought it'd be a great time to run some CAT5 cables from the network hub downstairs to the other rooms.

We already have a 100 foot CAT5 male/male cable, and were hoping to use it. One end would connect directly to the hub (we wouldn't bother with a wall jack there). The other end, though, we want to hook up to a face plate. Unfortunately, we can't find anything which would allow us to do something like this ( -> denotes "connects to", / separates one end of the piece of equipment from the other):

female port on hub -> male end of long wire running through wall / other male end -> female/female at wall jack -> male end of some short wire / male end -> female connector on computer NIC

That is, we are looking for the female/female connector to put in the face plate. We already own the long male/male wire.

All we can find are these connectors that crimp on to the end of a piece of CAT5 wire without any other connector on the end (neither male nor female). We would have to cut off the already-present male end of the long networking wire, and then crimp some new connector on. This seems like a waste and prone to error. Isn't there a simple female/female connector for use at a face plate? Where can I buy a few of these?

Points go to whoever can supply the name of a reputable vendor who ships in the U.S. If the only answer is "there is no such connector," points will not be awarded since this is impossible to verify and since we've already found a possible (though unappealing) alternative.

Thanks!

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CAT5 network wall jack, with male/male wire?

Asked by helpmealot in Miscellaneous Hardware, Network Cards & Adapters, Networking Cables

Tags: cat5, connect, jack, wiring

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