TiredLegs Wrote: > I recently ran Cat5e throughout my home, a townhouse condo with three > levels plus an attic. I've now got ports, in some cases multiple ports, > in two bedrooms, the kitchen, living room, dining room, den, and utility > room (where the LinkStation NAS for my SB3 now resides). > > I used up an entire 500 foot roll of Cat5e, and had to go out and buy a > second one, at least half of which got used. It took me four days to run > all the wires, with some drilling and lots of fishing in really > difficult to access places. While I was in there, I added RG6 coax > cable to a few of the rooms. I spent about $300 on parts (cables, > connectors, jacks, etc.), for work that would have cost me $2000 to > $3000 to have an electrician do. It was a major pain, but now that it's > done, I've got hard wired Ethernet in every room. Yee haa! What a joy to > not have to deal with WiFi any more. In addition, I'm using some of the > extra ports for audio distribution with baluns. > > All in all, it was one of the best investments of time and money I've > ever made.
How was fishing? I find that prospect very scary. I'm naturally clumsy and I just know I'll either lose it or snag it. -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26461 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
