About cat5 going through my house...

[drizzt5]

Hey guys. I have a two story house and my main rig currently resides in an office and I want to move it to my bedroom. The problem is I can only have the modem and router in my office and I don't want to have my main rig running off of wireless internet, I want it hooked up with Ethernet.

I called an Electrician and just talking to him over the phone he said it would cost me $200/line with materials included.
So that doesn't sound too bad, to have him install a cat5 line from my office, then to the basement, and then around the side of the house into my room in one day for $200... clearing up the office for another computer.

Is there anything I should know and does $200 sound appropriate? It does sound very fair to me but then again I want to make sure that I am not getting ripped off.

Also, having this done frees up the office for yet another new computer and if I plan a budget right I might be able to make it a nice crunching/folding rig + a great office computer for my parents.

[Buckeye]

Unless you want to hang cables and drill holes in the walls, plus having the cable and connectors and tools and all that jaz, it sounds ok to me.

[The Duke]

soooo he is going from the office > into the basement > outside and around your house > into your room?
is that right?

If so that seems a bit excessive. I would talk to him about a better path when he shows up. Unless you are on opposite sides and weird layout structure of the house.


I went climbing through my attic (1 story house though) and installed about 200 yards of cat5 myself to save the money haha.

[Archer]

Hey guys. I have a two story house and my main rig currently resides in an office and I want to move it to my bedroom. The problem is I can only have the modem and router in my office and I don't want to have my main rig running off of wireless internet, I want it hooked up with Ethernet.

I called an Electrician and just talking to him over the phone he said it would cost me $200/line with materials included.
So that doesn't sound too bad, to have him install a cat5 line from my office, then to the basement, and then around the side of the house into my room in one day for $200... clearing up the office for another computer.

Is there anything I should know and does $200 sound appropriate? It does sound very fair to me but then again I want to make sure that I am not getting ripped off.

Also, having this done frees up the office for yet another new computer and if I plan a budget right I might be able to make it a nice crunching/folding rig + a great office computer for my parents.

If you have the 500 in writing then go for it:) I need to wire my entire house myself, just no time.

EDIT: OOPS $200 500 are bad

[Neuromancer]

If he is a licensed electrician he should have the tools to snake the lines through the walls. Not run it around the outside of the house (wtf?) outside of the house is what DIYers do.

[Archer]

If he is a licensed electrician he should have the tools to snake the lines through the walls. Not run it around the outside of the house (wtf?) outside of the house is what DIYers do.

Well there are a few way to do it. In my region all of the cable (CATV) is usually run in the outside unless you want it installed on an inner wall in which case they may charge more. I guess the question to be asked is where the lines are going.

[zanzabar]

if u are paying for a new cable to be ran why not get cat6 (its the same price as 5e) or 6a (6a costs about double 5e or 6 at $250 per 1000' but 2gb/s over ethernet is awesome sounding even if u cant use its full potential)

[drizzt5]

I think I might try to do this myself....or at least look into it. Sounds like one of my parents isn't too excited about the idea of spending $200 to benefit me, even if it indirectly benefits them. Whats the maximum length cat5 can be?

[The Duke]

100 meters is the max recommended length ... any longer you will need to use a repeater because after that 100m you start risking your connection

[wez]

Get a drillingmachine and a long drill, some cable and cable clips. And get to work! :D

But 200$ incl material doesnt sound too bad either :)

[drizzt5]

I got a drill, might have a long drill.... I don't think I have enough cat5, gotta check, cable clips gotta check... I'll look into it when I am not swamped.

[wez]

Just be careful so you don't put the drill thru any electric cables hidden in the walls.. :D

[drizzt5]

I ended up just buying a wireless N router and throwing on a USB wireless adaptor and moved the thing to my room.
Only just did it today, working good so far.

So... yea I guess this is fine.
Now onto my next question.