The cable itself is regular Cat6 Ethernet, so you could reterminate it with RJ45 plugs or wall plates.
Alternatively, if the cable is in conduit you may be able to use it to pull through a ready made cable, although the plugs may make this difficult, depending on how smooth the conduit is.
I have run an Ethernet Cable from near my router to my ‘office’ upstairs, running the wires up the wall outside.
I have an RJ45 Socket wall mounted at each end. I run an Ethernet cable from my Router to the downstairs socket, then another from the upstairs socket into my Win 11 PC.
@DiggyGun has given the terminations, above. Think only 4 wires are needed…? And the insertion tool… (mine is plastic, but it works - or use a screwdriver…)
As has been suggested, replace the upstairs module with a Cat 6 module, and similarly terminate the other end with a module (ensuring same wiring at each end - T568B is preferred), then use a patch cable to connect to the router.
As has also been mentioned, ping is important for gaming. Bufferbloat is also something to consider i.e., spikes in demand causing latency.
I thought about this today and realised it was a good idea as we are not getting reliable connectivity or high rates of broadband upstairs for any of the various computers and devices there.
So I called BT and signed up for BT complete Wi-Fi, which consists of getting up to 3 BT Wi-fi discs for the grand price of £2.23 per month on top of my BT broadband.
But I will also sort out a wired connection for the gaming device soon as well.
Yes. It called Quality Of Service and a switch that supports “QoS” can do that. But configuring it is non trivial. You need to know the ports and/protocols used by different types of service if you wanted to carve out a chunk of bandwidth dedicated to Netflix.
I doubt you’ll need it. Most content is quite compressed.
To the OP, Reterminating those cables with RJ45 ports should be trivial though. A network cable crimp set, tester and some practice should be sufficient. Maybe a good job for your son.
I snaked 17 Cat6a ports in our house and it’s not that hard.
Smart Queues Management is what to look for, rather than traditional Quality of Service. Configuration is trivial for some routers e.g., such as Unifi Dream Machines and Amazon eero, others less so. BT routers support neither SQM or QoS, however.
The following are useful resource for simulating bufferbloat:
Phone cables and Ethernet cables are pretty identical in design, other than the number of pairs. In fact twisted pair Ethernet cables were derived from phone extension cables originally.
So to your example that cable looks to be 4P, which is what you need for 1Gbps Ethernet.
So I would simply re terminate into an Ethernet wall socket and you should be fine in your son’s bedroom.
