[GRLUG] Cable installer

[Mike Williams]

I would just run cat5e from a central point that will become the wiring 
closet to everywhere you are likely to need a connection. How difficult 
a job that's going to be will be determined by how the house is 
constructed and how professional you want it to be. Building something 
that works and the wires are secure but visible is a lot easier than 
making something that looks like the wiring was put in before the walls.

If there is any doubt, I would run two pieces of cable at a time, either 
two boxes or a spool of that double-cable stuff, just in case you end up 
needing another one. You could use old work boxes (that clip to the 
drywall rather than nail to studs) if you want the wires to be 
invisible, but you still have the problem of getting them into the boxes 
in the first place. And getting between floors is just as hard. Do you 
have a good way to do that? Unfinished basement or attic? How about a 
laundry chute? At last count I believe there were at least 4 pieces of 
cat5 going up and down my laundry chute!

On 05/10/2012 09:02 AM, Tom Warren wrote:
> I cut the cord about 3 years ago. I had to tap a Coax line in the 
> attic to install the antenna with a preamp to feed the rest of the 
> house. Once I figured out where all my cabling ended and what points 
> were in what rooms (trial and error with a portable tv) it was pretty 
> simple. Now I have two HD-Homeruns running and all is good and has 
> been for a while. As far as streaming the HD content my Wireless N 
> router does very well but the systems on fringes have trouble with 
> frame drops from time to time, I'm still working on a strategy to get 
> cat 6 or 5e drops to those systems and back to my network closet.
>
> Thanks
> Tom
>
>
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> Tom Warren                                                      
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> Dell - Storage Architect                         Red Hat Certified 
> Engineer (RHCE)
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> These opinions are mine and not necessarily those of my employer, Dell
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>
> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 7:48 PM, Brad Becker <bradjbecker at gmail.com 
> <mailto:bradjbecker at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I'm trying to 'cut the cord' so to speak with Dish Network in
>     favor of OTA and HTPC or something similar but need someone really
>     knowledgeable about networking to help me out.  The house has
>     cabling all over and I need to have someone figure it all as it
>     relates to my multimedia needs which might include roku,
>     powerline, wireless n, hdhomerun, or possibly MoCA if all the
>     cabling I'm seeing is coax.
>
>     Does any out there know someone that has experience doing this
>     part or full time?
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