No, they do not increase strain on the connection.
No, they do not increase strain on the connection.
Consider a straight path from your living room to your office using a 50ft cable along the ceiling and across the hallway. Or opt for two Cat5e/F-type wall plates and connect them as planned. Your main goal is a direct 50ft Ethernet link from router to computer. You’re worried about latency and signal quality. Your current thoughts:
You're unsure about your building's electrical setup, but as long as it's safe, a pass-through option might be worth considering (Amazon link). You connect one box to a wall socket, then your router's Ethernet into that, and finally plug the other box into an outlet near your PC. The boxes use electricity as a signal to send your internet, which functions well—similar to plugging directly into your router. Older homes (pre-70s) or apartments with weak wiring may not perform as expected. Regarding your Ethernet plan, you shouldn't experience noticeable delays, and I wouldn't have any worries. Personally, even though there are some drawbacks, I'd prefer the wall plates since too much visible cable is annoying. Plus, reducing potential failure points makes sense.
In terms of performance and dependability: As long as you properly connect and wire everything, the only issue will be at the start because you installed one connector incorrectly. From a performance standpoint, 50 feet adds no noticeable delay. Even longer cables won’t cause problems unless the signal weakens enough for bits to drop—you won’t feel anything.
People pairing could introduce a very slight amount of interference based on their skill, but it wouldn’t affect delay or connection quality unless the equipment is extremely bad. Generally, dozens would be needed to notice any effect.
Should be no difference as long as everything is terminated correctly. Each connection segment adds noise and also adds the opportunity for faulty terminations. From a latency perspective there's no difference, 50 ft is short enough to lose a reasonable amount of signal but still have enough headroom where it doesn't make a difference.