At 04:35 PM 4/25/2007, Michael Dolan wrote: >I'd like to wire my house with cat-5. Can anyone recommend a good >(cheap) place locally to buy a few hundred feet of cat-5? Should I >just order it? >I also have no experience running cable, but seems like it should be >fairly easy. Anyone have any good tips?
Thinking of tools: 1) get a 2-piece cable tester set. CompUSA has/had one that I bought for about $30 -- made life a lot easier to know which wires were crossed http://tinyurl.com/yp6zo2 2) borrow a "fish tape" for running down through walls 3) get or borrow a long 1" or 1.25" flat drill bit to bore holes down through the 2'sx4's in the top of the walls. By the way, you'll probably be boring through 2 of them. Not sure why, but there always seems to be a second one in the attic above the one at the top of the room's wall. 4) Run the cables through the attic in the morning before it gets hot in the attic. 5) Run -- and tie off -- an extra piece of nylon twine or two down the walls. That way, if you decide to pull another cable later, you've got an easy way to do it and, finally, 6) cut and nail down some plywood to work on. Don't step off the rafters . Sheet rock doesn't support weight very well. <grin> -- Terry Stockdale -- Baton Rouge, LA My computer tips site and newsletter: http://www.TerrysComputerTips.com My general topics and photo blog: http://www.TheNextWindow.com My web design blog: http://www.DrawingOnTheWeb.com My computer blogs: http://www.PCRepairSite.Info , http://blog.TerrysComputerTips.com , http://www.XPRepairSite.com and http://www.VistaRepairSite.com My personal site: http://www.TerryStockdale.com
