wiring my house for networking

[warriorfan23]

ok i want to wire up my house so that i will minimize wires running through hallways and along walls. the router is in one room of the house and i want all the rooms to have internet access. my idea is to have wall mouts with jacks so that my roommates can just plug their cat 5 cable in it to connect to the network. what kind of equipment do i need? i know i need things to put a hole in the wall for the wall mounts. i also looked at www.cyberguys.com and they have a cat5 rj45 keystone jack. do i need this? will these simply snap into the wall mount?

im thinking of having a router in one room of the house, and the router will have the dsl connected to the wan port, and all the of the lan ports have a cat5 cable with one of those cat5 rj45 keystone jacks at the end. then i will run the cat5 cables with the jacks run through the walls and end up at a wall mount in another room. does this sound like a good idea? can u guys give me some tips if u have wired your house? any info is appreciated! thanks!

 

[JackMDS]

Help Networking Two Houses

Question about wiring my house in wall with cat 5 ethernet

 

[FiveDoubleO]

Sure

You need to make sure you buy fire resistant cat 5 cabling it starts with a P or G... I cant remember when i know this!!!
It is building code in most areas to use this type of cabling inside walls. Normal Cat 5 cables release toxic gas when burned.
Home Depot or Lowes should carry every thing you need. I normally goto Home Depot.

Cat 5 cabling has a maxium of 99 meters of pysicial cabling before the signial will degrade. Try as best as you can to keep within this limit.

If you have a long hallway they make a gun to shoot the cabling and making your job a ton easier.

To be honest Wireless Lan is getting very attractive. It would prolly be cheaper in the end and much easier.

MAKE SURE YOU THROW YOUR POWER BREAKERS OFF!
dont want ya getting zapped!