DIY - Setting up a Cat-5 Wired Network in your Home

While using a wireless network in your home is usually the way to go, there's something elegant about a house that's on a Cat-5 wired networking set-up. We found a simple but information tutorial that'll help you figure out the proper way to wire your home with cat-5 or cat-6 ethernet cables. The tutorial covers these steps:

• step 1 - Initial Considerations and Planning


• step 2 - Required Tools and Materials (and costs)


• step 3 - Mounting the Wall Plates


• step 4 - Measuring and Running the Cables


• step 5 - Connecting the Wires to the Jacks and Patch Panel


• step 6 - Testing Your Connections


• step 7 - Connecting to the Internet


• step 8 - Cool Options to Make you Geek Friends Drool

The tutorial is worth a read so be sure to check it out.

At Instructables.com

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