home ethernet

[Jay]

Would be cheaper, quicker and easier using cheap home plugs:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Newlink-85-Mbps-home-plug-ethernet-cable-/270860353018?pt=UK_Computing_Networking_SM&hash=item3f1088fdfa#ht_500wt_1203

Cheap enough to take a punt on and provides enough speed for what you want.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/200Mbps-Powerline-Homeplug-Adapters-Twin-Pack-/260902117619?pt=UK_Computing_Networking_SM&hash=item3cbefa60f3#ht_964wt_1140

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=homeplug+ethernet&_sacat=0&_sop=15&_odkw=homeplug&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313

[Guy]

hmmm... i know... but I just wanted to see if I could do it... you know... for sh!ts and giggles!! 

[Jay]

You've got to watch out for power cables when doing this, not just to avoid drilling into them, but also make sure the cat5/e/6 does not run parallel with the power cables otherwise the EMI could reduce the signal quality and thus speed. You need to be at 90 degrees to have as little interference as poss.

Can you get the floor boards up and see if it might help you route the cables better?

You could also use trunking to hide the cable if you decide to drop if through the floor->ceiling.

[Guy]

You've got to watch out for power cables when doing this, not just to avoid drilling into them, but also make sure the cat5/e/6 does not run parallel with the power cables otherwise the EMI could reduce the signal quality and thus speed. You need to be at 90 degrees to have as little interference as poss.

Can you get the floor boards up and see if it might help you route the cables better?

You could also use trunking to hide the cable if you decide to drop if through the floor->ceiling.

was hoping to just drop through the cavity and down through the wall that way... no floorboards etc won't be using trunking as I want it all completely hidden behind the wall
as far as I know there won't be ably electrical cables in the run but i'll see if i can sniff anything out beforehand

[DubFan]

The problem with dropping cables down in cavity walls is not getting the cable in, but getting the other end out.
What you need for this is a tool like this: http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Hand+Tools/Electricians+Tools/MagnaMole/d10/sd170/p12294
When my brother put Cat5e in his flat he borrowed a tool from an electrician friend and it still took ages.

[simonpolly]

Is it a internal cavity wall you are planning on dropping the cable down?,the reason i ask is the cavity may be full of insulation if its a external wall and wall ties which stop the external and internal walls from seperating.

[Guy]

probably be dropped down an external cavity

[jamie_pyrite]

Seconding homeplugs.. I use them in my house and in my parent's house - saves so much hassle and they're surprisingly good.

Messing about with trunking is NOT fun.. There's something quite stress-relieving about punching down modules though.


Best of luck!

[Guy]

i just wanted to try something different, and a bit neater 

[DubFan]

I'm in an old terraced house and I had to run cable from the frontroom to my computer upstairs and to networked hard drive under the stairs. The solution was

Router in frontroom ----> Through Outside Wall ----> Up Outside wall ---- > In through bedroom wall

Then routed around the edge of the bedroom in the gap by under the skirting board. Then the cable goes straight down through a whole in the floor where there were already pipes going.
It's neat and can't be seen inside the house and the cable isn't noticeable on the wall of the house, not amongst the TV aerial cables anyway.

Much easier drilling straight through a wall, even easier when I just used the holes that were there already from an old Sky tv cable.