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 AZURELINK :: "Simply Connected!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Web Site Design & Scalable, Managed Web Hosting Joomla! Content Management System Implementation eCommerce Development ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 409 Main Street, Suite 114 Amherst, MA 01002 (413) 549-2020 Skype-In: (413) 306-4248 Fax: (413) 825-8344 For more information, please visit: www.azurelink.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 > > > > Adeptco has become: > <att8f540.png> > Mark Firehammer > 413 303 0315 > SkypeID: Compatikey > Website: http://techeffective.net > Facebook: Profile > Links: > Free Support > Remote Support > > > 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 > > > > AZURELINK :: "Simply Connected!" > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Web Site Design & Scalable, Managed Web Hosting > Joomla! Content Management System Implementation > eCommerce Development > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 409 Main Street, Suite 114 > Amherst, MA 01002 > (413) 549-2020 > Skype-In: (413) 306-4248 > Fax: (413) 825-8344 > For more information, please visit: www.azurelink.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > On Nov 6, 2009, at 12:29 AM, Mark at Techeffective.net wrote: > >> ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the >> member's area. >> ** If you did, we all thank you. >> >> >> 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 >> >> Adeptco has become: >> <toplogo.png> >> Mark Firehammer >> 413 303 0315 >> SkypeID: Compatikey >> Website: http://techeffective.net >> Facebook: Profile >> Links: >> Free Support >> Remote Support >> >> >> 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 >> >> David Morf >> Complexity, context, pattern >> 136 Dartmouth Street >> Holyoke, MA 01040 >> >> 413-536-0944 (direct) >> 413-426-6059 (cell) >> davidtoday at comcast.net >> >> Partner & Senior Regional Economics Advisor, >> US Adaptive Health Solutions, a CSE Program >> US Advantage Health Institute, a CSE Program >> Founding Member, Center for Semantic Excellence >> www.SemanticExcellence.org >> Blog: http://AnEconomyOfMeaning.wordpress.com/ >> LinkedIn: http://www.LinkedIn.com/in/DavidMorf >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net >> Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net >> >> You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech >> Discussion list. >> If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members >> page on the Hidden Tech Web site. >> http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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