Re: Home ethernet

If you really need to run more cable, you can tape 2 runs to the cat6 that
is there and use it to pull the 2 new runs.  You lose the original run, but
get 2 new ones in return.  Or if you are sure you don't need the coax, use
it to pull a cat 6 cable in its place.

I have 1 cat6 cable going to my second floor feeding a mythtv front-end, my
desktop, and the file-server, and have not had any problems with streaming
video.

On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 11:04 PM, sjk <[email protected]> wrote:

> Conduit is usually run between IDFs or IDF to MDF or for entrance
> facilities. Otherwise, it is usually placed only when required by code
> for LV.
>
> Yes, without pipe it would be very difficult to backpull in the future
> -- this is why you almost always pull more then you need to end
> stations. Regardless, if you have CAT6 in place, I think you are fine
> for the next 5-7 years. I find it unlikely that you would need 10G links
> within your home anytime soon.
>
> On 03/13/2011 08:22 PM, Larry Garfield wrote:
> > Hm, interesting.  I had thought it was more common than that.  (At least
> > Wikipedia talks about conduit usage, but the articles there may be
> targeted at
> > a different audience.)  Without conduit, though, how easy is it to run an
> > additional line along an existing line?  It seems to me that it would be
> > rather difficult, especially as there's no pull string so I'd have to
> snake a
> > line through the hard way, possibly drilling holes if the lines go
> through
> > boards somewhere.
> >
> > --Larry Garfield
> >
> > On Sunday, March 13, 2011 7:09:31 pm Trev Peterson wrote:
> >> Larry,
> >>
> >> Conduit for LV is almost never done due to expense and how invasive it
> >> is.  It's not required and it costs a considerable amount more.  The
> >> only place I've done it or seen it done is to connect 2 wiring closets
> >> (large houses) or to go through a special area (tile, stone, textured
> >> surfaces) where you expect to add runs soon which is almost never.
> >>
> >> On Sun, 2011-03-13 at 17:45 -0500, Larry Garfield wrote:
> >>> Does that make sense, or would the conduit be too much hassle/cost in
> >>> practice, do you think?
>
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