Re: [Hampshire] Home network cabling

Hi Rob,

You would usually run independent cables from each ethernet socket. These then
connect into a central hub or switch, or similar.

Drilling as few holes as possible is always the best practice. It all depends
how your house is constructed on what would be the easiest way to do it. If
you choose to run cable outside, you just need to use external wiring (as to
protect it from UV damage etc.). You would not require a 'lightning rod', just
tie the wires close to the building like BT, Sky, VM do.

If you have to drill holes into walls and what not, just be careful for
internal wiring and pipes. Lifting floor boards and coming down through corners
of the ceiling (which is what I've done for ethernet & coax) covered with
plastic fitting is another approach. Depends where the rooms are adjacent to
one another.

Hope this helps,

Ian

On Tuesday 07 June 2011 16:40:55 Rob Malpass wrote:
> Hi all
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> Keeping this as short as possible - if I want to have an ethernet socket in
> 2 rooms other than the room which contains the router, do I have to run 2
> cables (one from study to room A and another from study to room B) or can I
> run one cable (from study to room A then on from room A to room B)?
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> If running the cables internally I'd be running two cables each connected
> to the hub - but the more cables I run outside the bigger the hole I have
> to drill or the more holes I have to drill risking it look unsightly.
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> I've had all sorts of different stories from local aerial installers who
> are happy to drill the holes but not sure of the wiring! Last question:
> one bloke told me I can't run the cables outside without fitting some sort
> of lightning rod at each end costing hundreds of quid - surely this is
> wrong? At least - ntl engineer who did exactly this at my old house didn't
> mention it when he did precisely the same job!
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> Cheers
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> Rob