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| Thread ID: 41747 | 2004-01-21 01:04:00 | Network Cabling Through Walls | Ashley Matthews (550) | Press F1 |
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| 208941 | 2004-01-21 01:04:00 | I'd like to run some network cabling through the walls of my house, perhaps in the same way/place as the phone cabling, so I can share files and internet with other computers. I'd rather not go for powerline or wireless networking (this does not work well at my place). I'd like to do it so that I can plug the cable into a jack in the wall. Has anyone had any experience doing this.... is it viable/cost-worthy, and if so do you have any further information on what it might cost. Ash |
Ashley Matthews (550) | ||
| 208942 | 2004-01-21 01:22:00 | it can be done. cost and cost-worthy depends on what type of walls, if you need to drill down them. personally i have had only 2 people bother with the hassle of drilling down a wall in last 10 years. get a tech/sparky in to have a look and give an idea of cost. | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 208943 | 2004-01-21 02:09:00 | Probably easier - though less tidy to run cables underfloor or in ceiling and up or down to the jackpoint using conduit covers . The jackpoints are surface mounted on the walls rather than in them . This also allows you to take it with you without leaving holes in the walls if you sell the house . As mentioned - get a sparky in to price up or head into Mastertrade/DSE/JAycar and price up the jackpoints, conduit and clips . Cat 5/6 cable can be purchased by the meter . You could wire it up yourself or allow the sparky to if they are up to it . J :D |
Jester (13) | ||
| 208944 | 2004-01-21 02:40:00 | I wired for 6 network outlets in my house, for two of which I had access to the walls before lining and the other four I drilled up from below which was a real doddle. I used proper wall plates to hold the network sockets and the outlet boxes were the special plastic ones that lock to the gib board and don't need to be nailed in place. That frees you from the tyranny of finding a stud or dwang in the right place. Most of the wiring is under my house but I did have to do a bit of fancy drilling and poking for some extra telephone outlets. It is nothing that an enthusiastic amateur with reasonable practical skills and a few power tools cannot do. There are tricks of the trade but nothing you can't work out for yourself. I found old television aerial tubing and thin plastic water pipes useful for poking wires up vertically to reach the desired position (you feed the wire up the inside of the pipe). The hole drilled in the bottom plate must be big enough to allow the guide tube through but after that it is real easy. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 208945 | 2004-01-21 04:47:00 | the trick is to use cupboards.. that way you can go from rafters to beneath the house as suited, and if you cant get under the house, simply install the jacks inside the cupboard itself. Tucking a long cat5 cable is certainly better than running an even longer cable out of your room and down the hallway ;) I grew up helping my dad install cables throughout homes (he's a telco engineer) and I'm going to retrofit my flat with cat5e soon (with the landlady's permission of course) and I'll be documenting that and making a how-to article... |
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