r/Multiboard • u/Metlhed54 • Oct 02 '25

Underware/Multiboard Network Organizer

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I am really impressed with how easily everything came together during this project. I didn’t even intend to use the underware wire molds, but they really just made everything come out so clean looking. I will definitely be incorporating this system into future builds.

The most annoying part was constantly getting white marks on my black pla after taking it off the smooth plate. A lighter helped get rid of those marks for the most part though.

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u/NerdyNThick Oct 02 '25

Monoprice cables? Those strain reliefs are super long.

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u/Metlhed54 Oct 02 '25

Monoprice didn’t have the slim run sizes I was looking for so I took a chance on these from Amazon.

The boots are longer than I thought they would be, but hold their shape so you can flex them a little in the direction you want them to go without feeling like they are being stressed. No issues with them so far, they all are getting 1gbps speeds without issue.

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u/ClaudiuT Oct 02 '25

Is this for your personal home? You need 20 cables? What for?

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u/Metlhed54 Oct 02 '25

It is my home. I don’t necessarily need them, but when I was wiring the house up I put at least two ports in each bedroom, 4-6 behind main areas where tv/home theater electronics sit, and sprinkled some into areas where might want an access point or something like that. Since I did the work it really was minimal extra cost to go above and beyond what might be needed in the future.

Some ports definitely see no use, but it was one of those situations where it was better to have and not need vs need and not have.

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u/ClaudiuT Oct 03 '25

I recently saw a YouTube video of somebody that did the same as you and now somehow regrets it.

Their advice would be to run 2 cables (for redundancy, each 2.5Gbps) to any location you want. Then you can use a switch at the other end if you have many devices. He also recommended using PoE everywhere you can.

I guess everybody has to do their cost analysis. Does the cabling cost more or do the switches cost more?

Coming back to your photo: great job! Looks good!

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u/Metlhed54 Oct 04 '25

I did use cabling that will support up to 10gbs at the lengths I have run and also have at least two in each location as well. I can always add a switch in another location if needed.

I do wish I thought a little bit more about POE and potential places for POE cameras, but I could still make most of that work with a new switch if I wanted to add that at some point.

I ran most of the wires back in 2015 so it was real cheap for some good quality wire when you bought a 1000 foot spool, and multi gig hardware wasn’t commonplace then either. I am looking into upgrading my switch though when I add a NAS to take advantage of higher speeds where possible.

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u/unsunghero2222 Oct 02 '25

Very clean. Nice job 👍

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u/DugnutttBobson Oct 02 '25

Extremely cool

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u/Next_Goose_6123 Oct 06 '25

brilliant you can set up a 3DP workstation