Re: Home networking cable question

2008-09-01 Thread yuri
2008/9/1 Craig Falconer wrote: Any wiring is possible... but you've got to be creative. At last resort, you can lift the edge of carpet and run one length of cat5 between the skirting board and the smooth-edge. Or you can take the skirting off and route a groove into it. Requires a router

Re: Home networking cable question

2008-08-31 Thread Robert Fisher
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 3:07:05 pm Ross Drummond wrote: A concrete pad floor unfortunately. Is there roof/ceiling space? Extension bits can be used to get wires down walls.

Re: Home networking cable question

2008-08-31 Thread Craig Falconer
Robert Fisher wrote: Is there roof/ceiling space? Extension bits can be used to get wires down walls. As long as your existing wiring was done vertically... I managed to catch a loop of light-switch cable by mistake once, mostly because the previous owner had moved a light switch. Any

Re: Home networking cable question

2008-08-31 Thread David Lowe
On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 3:10 PM, Don Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've used extension bits to drill down walls in the past. It's not that hard if you just take your time. Cheers Don There's usually a gap between the exterior cladding and the dwangs (?) that the interior wall is attached

Re: Home networking cable question

2008-08-31 Thread Craig Falconer
David Lowe wrote: There's usually a gap between the exterior cladding and the dwangs (?) that the interior wall is attached to. This lets you drop cable down from the roof cavity emerge from the gib wherever you want. Consequently, all of my ethernet outlets are on exterior walls, except

Home networking cable question

2008-08-30 Thread Ross Drummond
I am contemplating installing some home networking. This will be a retrofit in an existing home. When I ask electricians about running new cables with the necessary separation from existing electrical cable they shake their heads and make excuses about being very busy. Someone suggested that

Re: Home networking cable question

2008-08-30 Thread Robert Fisher
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:24:14 pm Ross Drummond wrote: I am contemplating installing some home networking. This will be a retrofit in an existing home. When I ask electricians about running new cables with the necessary separation from existing electrical cable they shake their heads and make

Re: Home networking cable question

2008-08-30 Thread yuri
2008/8/31 Ross Drummond wrote: Someone suggested that this product, a shielded combined data TV phone cable, may be suitable for a home network by pulling it through the existing electrical cable pathways in the walls. http://www.pdl.co.nz/product-details.aspx?rcat=productscatid=0id=1741

Re: Home networking cable question

2008-08-30 Thread Ross Drummond
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008, yuri wrote: While pulling this cable alongside power cable, it is possible (and if the holes are tight, likely) that some insulation will rub/scrape off both the power and and the data cable, thus livening the foil screen on the data cable to 230V. A person handling

Re: Home networking cable question

2008-08-30 Thread Don Gould
Ross Drummond wrote: A concrete pad floor unfortunately. What's the roof space like? I've used extension bits to drill down walls in the past. It's not that hard if you just take your time. Cheers Don

Re: Home networking cable question

2008-08-30 Thread yuri
2008/8/31 Ross Drummond wrote: While pulling this cable alongside power cable, it is possible (and if the holes are tight, likely) that some insulation will rub/scrape off both the power and and the data cable, thus livening the foil screen on the data cable to 230V. A person handling the