[ale] OT: Ethernet over power line

[Jim Kinney]

On Tue, 2016-07-26 at 13:42 -0400, Pete Hardie wrote:
> You underestimate the wrath of SWMBO
when she doesn't have 'net access

Run the wires. I ran mine in 1995 from basement to top floor bedrooms.
Wired is reliable.
> 

> > On Jul 26, 2016 12:26 PM, "Chris Fowler" <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ugh.  Ethernet over powerline sucks!  It is also a radiator.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I just ran CAT-5e from my office on the 2nd floor to my garage on the first.  
> > 
> > 
> > Start from garage.
> > 
> > 1.  Go up to exterior wall to bedroom exterior wall.
> > 2.  Crap!  I'm under the window and I can't feed it up to the other side of the stud because of the garage door!
> > 3.  Cut sheet rock covering 4 studs that are nailed together.
> > 4.  Use dremel construction tool to notch out those studs.
> > 5.  Run CAT-5e in the notch and to the other side of the studs in bedroom wall.
> > 6.  Run CAT-5e up that exterior wall to attic.
> > 7.  Run it across attic and down exterior wall of office.  
> > 8.  Cut hold in wall for box
> > 9.  Terminate with keystones
> > 10.  Put computer on each end and test with iperf.  I have a full gigabit to the garage.  
> > 
> > 
> > Google on sheetrock repair.  
> > Keep your cuts small.
> > Buy a bag of 90 minute joint compound at home depot.  That gives you plenty of time.
> > Fix your cuts.  Sand, and paint.  
> > Admire your work.
> > 
> > Don't be a lamer and use Ethernet over powerline.  Get this job done and you'll have confidence to do more.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 

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