11-24-2020, 05:26 PM
My wife and I have both worked from home for several years. SWMBO works upstairs on the opposite side of the house and connects via wifi to the router in my office. I want to run an ethernet cable to her office. The plan is to run a cable from the router (first floor) down to the basement, then the length of the house through the basement ceiling (half is drop ceiling; the other half is unfinished), up through my garage, along the garage ceiling, then up into her second floor office. It should be about a 110’ run. I don’t think it will cross any other wires, though it will run parallel with some coaxial and cat 5e cables.
Plan is to buy about 500’ of indoor/outdoor 24/4 cat 5e cable from Lowes or HD, and a crimper kit on Amazon (includes connectors, protectors, and line test tools). I’m not going to bury the cable in my garage wall or ceiling so I’ll install a guard to protect against accidental contact with anything.
Am I missing anything in my planning? Anything special to know when running ethernet cables? For instance, I read that the cable should not sit on top of drop ceiling tiles. I can use clips to run them along the wall above the tiles. The garage has no heat or A/C. It can get down to about 10-20 degrees F in winter and well over 100 degrees in summertime. The cable is rated for outdoor use so I assume that means performance won’t lag. Is that correct?
Should I run more than one cable? I figure one wire is sufficient since I can put an internet switch in her office if more connections are needed in the future.
I’d like to do this only once. Thanks for any input.
Plan is to buy about 500’ of indoor/outdoor 24/4 cat 5e cable from Lowes or HD, and a crimper kit on Amazon (includes connectors, protectors, and line test tools). I’m not going to bury the cable in my garage wall or ceiling so I’ll install a guard to protect against accidental contact with anything.
Am I missing anything in my planning? Anything special to know when running ethernet cables? For instance, I read that the cable should not sit on top of drop ceiling tiles. I can use clips to run them along the wall above the tiles. The garage has no heat or A/C. It can get down to about 10-20 degrees F in winter and well over 100 degrees in summertime. The cable is rated for outdoor use so I assume that means performance won’t lag. Is that correct?
Should I run more than one cable? I figure one wire is sufficient since I can put an internet switch in her office if more connections are needed in the future.
I’d like to do this only once. Thanks for any input.