[Hidden-tech] know anyone who can pull ethernet 1 floor to home ofc& test the thruput?

B. Kimo Lee bklee at azurelink.com
Mon Nov 9 22:21:00 EST 2009


Hi Mark and David,

You'll also need a really long drill, lol! Probably will have to go  
through about 14" or so of ceiling, joists, and flooring.
I fished mine down through the space along side my furnace chimney and  
put in a couple of nice ethernet boxes in the walls.

Best,
Kimo




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On Nov 9, 2009, at 4:59 PM, Mark at Techeffective.net wrote:

> Thanks Kimo for confirming and elaborating.
> Yes, David he's right, it's only slightly complicated. It's made  
> less so because the tester has the color map printed right on it so  
> it's almost impossible to get it wrong. If you do, you clip it off  
> and try again.
>
> .....Offer still stands! Mi tester y crimper es tu tester y  
> crimper.  : )
>
> Mark
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> From: hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net [mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net 
> ] On Behalf Of B. Kimo Lee
> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 8:56 AM
> To: David Morf
> Cc: Hidden-Tech Tech
> Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] know anyone who can pull ethernet 1 floor  
> to home ofc& test the thruput?
>
> Hi David,
>
> Not knowing how handy your are with tools and DIY stuff, this sounds  
> like a mighty generous offer from Mark. If you've only got one  
> workstation to wire-up, no walls or boxes/wall plates to install as  
> Mark noted, and you have access to the crimping tool, it would be a  
> pretty simple thing to do as a DIY project.
>
> The only slightly complicated thing is matching up the correct  
> sequence of the 8 color coded strands of wires in the cat-5 cable.  
> Not exactly brain surgery, but it must be in the right order -- and  
> Mark has a tester. You just strip the wire in the crimping tool and  
> line them up in the proper order in the connectors and then crimp.  
> And it sounds like Mark will guide you through it.
>
> Other than that, making the cable runs look nice in a home  
> environment is your other concern. You can use a cable stapler or  
> some other cable holders (Radio Shack) that nail in, to keep the  
> cables in place. You'll need a fair amount of those. Staples are a  
> little less obtrusive.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Kimo
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> On Nov 6, 2009, at 12:29 AM, Mark at Techeffective.net wrote:
>
>>   ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the  
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>>
>> The hard part is getting your partner to agree to the  
>> hole. : ) ....The rest is a just short run of Cat 5 between floors,  
>> sounds like no walls involved so no boxes and wall plates in the  
>> mix, just a hole in the ceiling and floor above. You don't need an  
>> electrician for that David.  I've got a linkmaster cable tester,  
>> and the RJ45 cable end crimper. You want to borrow them?  I can  
>> even cut you the exact length of wire from my 1000 ft spool. I've  
>> made 100's of custom cables, it's really easy after the first 1 or  
>> 2. Let me know and you can stop by for a lesson and pick up the  
>> toys........I mean tools!  ; )  I'm in Easthampton.
>>
>> Mark
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>> From: hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net [mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net 
>> ] On Behalf Of 'David Morf'
>> Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 9:41 PM
>> To: Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
>> Subject: [Hidden-tech] know anyone who can pull ethernet 1 floor to  
>> home ofc& test the thruput?
>>
>> Need a little advice  On the 2nd floor of our home, Ive got a  
>> TM402P Touchtone telephony & data modem from Comcast, and a Data- 
>> Link 524 router modem.  I need to shift my home office to a better  
>> work space in the house.  To do this, I need to run an Ethernet  
>> cable directly through a hole drilled between the floors (not  
>> threaded through the ancient plaster wall) from the 2nd floor to  
>> the 3rd floor, do the end clips, and then test the results for good  
>> throughput.  I need hardwire linkage for best throughput, and cant  
>> move the modem and router to the 3rd floor because that would kill  
>> wireless to the 1st floor (Ive been advised by my 29-year partner  
>> in life that its a family decision that there shall be no holes  
>> drilled down into the 1st floor for network cables).  Comcast said  
>> that a licensed electrician should do all the Ethernet work.  Is  
>> that information correct, and does anybody have suggestions for who  
>> might do that work in the college-streets area of Holyoke?
>>
>> Thanks very much,
>>
>>        David
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