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hartmansSo, I'd really like an ethernet cable run across my basement and presented through a standard RJ45 jack at faceplates in two first-floor rooms. I think appropriate locations for faceplates exist. I kind of feel like this is the sort of thing I'd probably do for myself if I were sighted, but I need to hire someone to do it. I'm looking for someone significantly lower budget than a professional networking installer for a business: I need one cable, no punchdown blocks, etc. However I do want someone who can test the cable, etc.
How do you go about finding help for something like this?
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Date: 2009-08-21 12:43 pm (UTC)I suspect TD Electric and Gibbons Electric
(who both seem decent) will both do this...
I suspect that it may still be ~$200-$300 just
for the labor of driving there and spending
the hour or two and stapling down the cable
and cutting holes for faceplates and cleaning up.
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Date: 2009-08-21 01:35 pm (UTC)Having said that, I won't be around most of the time till late next week (I think Thursday 8/27 is free for me)
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Date: 2009-08-21 04:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-21 05:58 pm (UTC)ethernet over powerline
Date: 2009-08-21 10:19 pm (UTC)Re: ethernet over powerline
Date: 2009-08-23 03:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-23 03:20 am (UTC)One obvious issue is that the pairs of a cable are identified by the color code, but
a) I suspect if you held one pair of the cable in front of a color webcam against a black background, there could be software that would look at the image and tell you which color that pair is. (I don't think anyone has written this software, but I don't think it would be impossible to write.)
b) I think it may turn out that gigabit ethernet may not care if the pairs are in the ``wrong'' order (though it is probably important that the two pins that are supposed to go to a pair actually do go to one pair, and not two halves of two different pairs); though if you are going to install something in a house, it is probably worthwhile to get the color code right to save confusion for future users of that cable.
And then there's the issue that handling fiberglass insulation, if it's in the way, can be unpleasant, but I'm not sure how much sight actually helps you if it's there, though sight can be an effective way to determine whether it's there.
Re: ethernet over powerline
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