Reddit reviews Dshot 12 Port UTP 10 inch Cat6 Network Wall Mount Surface Patch Panel

For small home setups, I've had plenty of luck with patch panels like this one.

Cat 6 is perfectly fine, as it can support up to 10Gb, so its pretty future proofed as 1Gb is still the standard. We won't see 10Gb becoming the norm for a while.

As far as cable, I usually get it from Monoprice, or sometimes from amazon. I just bought a 1000ft spool of Cat6 for like $65

If you are putting drops in each room, its probably best to put in wall plates, and punch down the cable to a jack. You'll need a Punchdown Tool for this.

I'd highly recommend running all the cables to a patch panel. Ideally have them run to the same location as your modem and other networking equipment. You'd use the same punch down tool here as well.

If you need to terminate any cables to a normal Ethernet connector, it isn't difficult, but it is a bit tedious. The first one you do will take you a bit to do, but once you get the hang of it, each one will become a little quicker. you can watch a youtube video on how to do it.
You'll need a Crimping tool to crimp the ends on.

Surface mount panel:

https://smile.amazon.com/Dshot-network-Mount-Surface-Patch/dp/B00NUXCHE6/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=surface+mount+patch+panel&qid=1572621981&sa-no-redirect=1&sr=8-5&x=0&y=0

Yeah ends are generally ends - cheap or expensive you can still f- it up. If you pay attention to your crimps, you should be fine even with the cheapo ends. Stranded vs solid matters more.

But if its all in-wall wiring, what OP wants is a PATCH PANEL and Keystone JACKS, no RJ-45 ends/crimps at all!

One set of options:

https://www.amazon.com/Dshot-network-Mount-Surface-Patch/dp/B00NUXCHE6

https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-10-Pack-Punch-Down-Keystone/dp/B00IO3HEN6

Well it depends on what you are getting, but I don't think that is too bad of a price if you are getting a decent size patch panel and the labor of punching everything down and mounting the wall plate. Patch panels are always going to be a better option than having a bunch of random cables that are individually terminated haphazardly run to one area. The main advantages are that all the cable runs (to each wallplate) have their own individual port on the panel and you can label that panel to know where the cable goes to if a problem may arise, you never touch the actual cable in the wall, you only use a patch cable to go from the patch panel to a switch so there is little to no chance of physical damage if for some reason you have to troubleshoot the connections and it's just overall much better aesthetically and logically speaking. The one thing to remember when using a patch panel at home is that you are going to need a patch cable for every port used on the patch panel to go to your main switch and that means you may need a larger switch than you may current have or that your home/consumer Wifi Router may have, so you should plan according to what you anticipate you will need in the future (I generally recommend buying 1.5-2x the # of ports you need right now to allow for future expansion, but this depends on the household, users, tech savviness and your overall needs).

Keep in mind that there is probably some significant markup on what he is charging you for the panel but at the same time that's expected if you do not provide the hardware. Amazon has lots of patch panels for comparison in all sizes. Personally I would plan for 2 runs / room to the same wall jack for redundancy, but it's generally overkill for most people's homes.
https://smile.amazon.com/Dshot-network-Mount-Surface-Patch/dp/B00NUXCHE6/ref=sr_1_10?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1543300284&sr=1-10&keywords=patch+panel

I do have to say that the OCD in me is calmed when I see great networking jobs like this (the white devices are the switches, the black panels with the RJ45 ports are the patch panels):
https://content.spiceworksstatic.com/service.community/p/post_images/0000284828/5a29bb6f/attached_image/idf.jpg

If you dont want a full blown floor standing rack, there are other options that would neaten this up.

You could wall mount a couple patch panels right next to that hole, like this: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00NUXCHE6/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_N9ADxb573TN78

Or maybe a small wall mounted rack, just for your network (switch and patch panel), kinda like this:

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B008CR07OM/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_..ADxb7KF81P1

I'm building a house and I gave the contractor one of these to terminate the cat6. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NUXCHE6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It has enough spots for everything and I can just use patch cables to connect to a switch when I move in.

i'll join the chorus.

a RG6 and a Cat6 cable in the wall on either side of the door, will usually be sufficient.

if you want to be generous, run 2 network cables at each point, in case they are older tenants that want a land line.

i'd recommend using a 3 port keystone plate.

for the living room, i'd do the same setup, but on opposite walls as the main walk through.

if you want to be a hero, you can put speaker wire for rear channels, they make keystone speaker jacks. you'd spend like $30 for the jacks and some 14/2 wire, and let future tenants have rear channel speakers w/o tripping over the speaker wires. so you'd get a 2 speaker plate for both walls, and run a pair of 14/2 stranded cables between them.

as others have said, run all of these cables (except the speaker wires) to a closet somewhere and land them on a coax splitter and a network punch down block, both of which can be had pretty cheap. if you want to get fancy you can get a low-voltage panel than nails in between the studs and keeps everything nice.

what you REALLY want to do, is get some 1" ENT (smurf) and install that from the closet, out to your demarc on the outside of the building. so that jack ass cable companies and phone companies don't drill your building full of holes, and instead can pass their wire in the tube to your closet.

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monoprice has great prices on bulk cable, and one wall plates.

ethernet patch panel https://www.amazon.com/Dshot-network-Mount-Surface-Patch/dp/B00NUXCHE6/

coax splitter https://www.amazon.com/EXTREME-BALANCED-PERFORMANCE-HORIZONTAL-SPLITTER/dp/B00TNZ4J9Q/

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leviton and ON-Q both make convenient structured wiring cabinets.

https://www.amazon.com/Legrand-Q-Enclosure-ENP3050-Structured/dp/B07FK58QY2/

you'll be locked into their ecosystem for the cable splitters, etc, that fit into the cabinet, but they make a very tidy package that you can easily nail into the studs and know exactly where to pull all your wires to.