Submitted by [deleted] t3_yuad07 in newhampshire
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casualbk234 t1_iw8bxof wrote
Lol I know, I'm just not wanting to snake em through walls myself
Competitive-Fly-7861 t1_iw9uels wrote
You'd save hundreds and possibly thousands by doing it yourself
TheMensChef t1_iw8tn7v wrote
Lolol.
AV tech here, this made me chuckle
IgneousOhms t1_iw91svk wrote
Bumble bee, Christmas tree.
teeeray t1_iw8htlf wrote
black-blue, red: my bloody knuckles when I punch the wall when the cable doesn’t work anyway
ilotek t1_iw9bwcf wrote
What’s your skill level? You would save a ton of money doing it yourself..
I ran the cables myself using the old unneeded rj11 cable to pull my cat6 into all the rooms.
tehproxy t1_iwl8h1z wrote
Did you find that some of them were stapled in? I have a bunch of old phone cables that I want to pull, but I'm afraid to try and see if they are straight pulls or not.
asavoy6 t1_iw8f8t9 wrote
Hardy Electric installed ours. I’d highly recommend them! Very fairly priced and great work.
nullcompany t1_iw8ivmb wrote
I think there's a typo, where it says 12ahUKEwj
Competitive-Fly-7861 t1_iw9u0n3 wrote
Holy fuck look at the size of that link
movdqa t1_iw94oy1 wrote
I did it myself about 15 years ago using parts from Home Depot. Getting it between floors was the hardest part. I reused the cable conduits.
DemonDuo t1_iwcn6oo wrote
Average cost is $120 per hour for one tech jobs. $50 per cable ran and price of patch panel and jacks.
gOrDoNhAsNtPlAyEdIn3 t1_iwapyza wrote
I don't know of any companies, but they make crown molding to hide cables if you're into a little DIY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRj-z2LVftQ
jkarovskaya t1_iwa6nea wrote
Even if your house is 100 feet long, there's really no need for running Cat6 anymore given the quality of new gig routers and access points using 802.11ax and newish laptops or desktops with good wifi adapters
I recently upgraded to gig fiber, and bought a pair of TP-Link AX5400 units.
Using one as the gateway/router and one located in my shop 80 feet from the house as access point, the range, power, and throughput on these is more than adequate even for serious torrenting or backup to cloud
A pair of those will cost way less than hiring someone to pull cable and install a patch panel
Even if you're running a business with 20 hosts, you could use wifi with good routers, and at least a 500mb ISP connection
2leggedturtle t1_iwdzlzb wrote
Wi-Fi is convenience, hardwired is consistent.
quaffee t1_iwdjwnt wrote
Eh, having multiple hotspots really only works well if they have Ethernet backhaul. Even with a mesh network. Especially with multiple users connecting to different APs. Then you have to think about signal attenuation. In a house with lots of walls (some with wire mesh), modern appliances etc, all that stuff in the way is going to take a big bite out of the bandwidth at the receiving end.
movdqa t1_iwgrey2 wrote
If you're in a dense neighborhood, you also have to deal with radio signals from neighbors.
jkarovskaya t1_iwdub2o wrote
Houses with wire mesh are very rare in New England. except for exterior walls with stucco.
99% of old houses with interior horsehair plaster used wooden lath
Only commercial buildings with plaster walls used wire substrate and most of those were built long ago
My TP link routers are giving me very good wifi bandwidth, even 120 feet down the driveway, and 80 feet away through many walls in my shop
YMMV
I just can't see paying someone to run Cat6 in the average residence, unless you're running a commercial operation of some kind with servers or you need to feed outbuildings, etc
PoorInCT t1_iwjghnh wrote
Is there a really good prosumer router that will do 500 mb/sec and take an outside antenna? Maybe something to look for on eBay? Im not ready for mesh networking.
jkarovskaya t1_iwk1hbj wrote
https://www.highspeedinternet.com/resources/fastest-gigabit-internet-routers
The ones I linked will easily give you 4-500mB, and the mesh I set up is working incredibly well
You do have to have wifi adapters in your computer/phones that use the 802.ax /wifi 6 standards, but even wifi 5 with older adapters in your gear will give you decent speed
movdqa t1_iwbr6vh wrote
Another option may be Powerline Ethernet. If you need dedicated Ethernet, you can hook up one end to your router and the other unit would be where you need the connection. If you only need WiFi, then you could put a WiFi router at the remote end. If you need multiple Ethernet ports, then you could add a switch at the remote end. Speeds on Powerline are Gigabit these days so it should work well unless you need 2.5 GB or 10 GB.
nullcompany t1_iw8btqt wrote
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white-green, blue: the sky
white-blue, green: the grass
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