Re: [Hampshire] Home network cabling

On 7 June 2011 16:40, Rob Malpass <linux@???> wrote:
> Hi all
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> Keeping this as short as possible - if I want to have an ethernet socket in
> 2 rooms other than the room which contains the router, do I have to run 2
> cables (one from study to room A and another from study to room B) or can I
> run one cable (from study to room A then on from room A to room B)?
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> If running the cables internally I'd be running two cables each connected to
> the hub - but the more cables I run outside the bigger the hole I have to
> drill or the more holes I have to drill risking it look unsightly.
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> I've had all sorts of different stories from local aerial installers who are
> happy to drill the holes but not sure of the wiring!   Last question: one
> bloke told me I can't run the cables outside without fitting some sort of
> lightning rod at each end costing hundreds of quid - surely this is wrong?
> At least - ntl engineer who did exactly this at my old house didn't mention
> it when he did precisely the same job!
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I recently wired up my house to ethernet in every room and
sat/freeview cables in each room.
You have a central hub/switch in one room of the house, and then
cables in a star formation out to each wall socket.
The wall sockets are in the wall, with tubes traced up or down, inside
the wall, from the wall socket. So I can re-wire them at any time if
needed.
E.g. On the ground floor, the wires track upwards to the ceiling.
On the first floor, the wires track downward to the floor.
Once there, the cables can be easily routed under the floorboards of
the first floor to the central hub/switch.

I can now run mythtv (Video over IP) and satellite tv to every room i
want it in.
I run 4 SAT cables and 2 Ethernet cables to each room.
2 SAT for Sky TV (if I want it)
1 SAT cable to carry Terrestrial TV
1 SAT cable to send the output of the set top box back to a central
location, so that I can route it to other rooms if need be.
For example, my lounge and kitchen each have a TV, and the Kitchen can
view exactly the same thing as is being viewed in the Lounge.
So, if you are watching a film, and get up to get a cup of tea or
beer, you can still be watching the same film in the kitchen, and
don't miss any of it.

Eventually, I will only need Ethernet as Internet TV becomes popular.