School me on running a drop to a new room

If that's the correct terminology. My gaming PC currently resides in a common room, and I wish to relocate it to my own Room. My room does not have any existing Ethernet jacks so I'd be running a whole new line to the room, most likely through the attic as the house sits on a solid slab. I've built 2 Pc's so I'd like to think I'm not totally tech illiterate but have never tried to set up a connection from scratch. I do have an old phone/cable jack that isn't connected to anything anymore, so I wouldn't have to make new holes in the wall to put in the outlet.

Is this something I have a chance of getting right or should I be looking to hire somone to get the work done?

 

Lolwut

 

@DCSBFTMFW is one of those technerds

 

Note to self, stop posting on TW from my phone lol

 

I saw that,

Janice.

 

very easy. pm me

 

Yup easy job. Here too if you have any questions.

 

I did this exact thing a few years ago, got tired of crappy signal from my USB WiFi antenna. Honestly the hardest thing is fishing the cable up/down the wall. I used a cable snake like this:

Gardner Bender EFT-21PN Cable Snake Steel Fish Tape, 25 ft. x ¼ in. Flat Tape, Eyelet Tip, Light Weight, Smooth Release and Wind, Electrical Contractor Fishing Tape, Red

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000...able+snake&dpPl=1&dpID=415dCPCVVBL&ref=plSrch

Since you already have phone cable going there you could even duct tape the Cat5 cable to the old phone line & pull it thru that way. If you can tie your shoe laces you can handle this . Beware of slipping off the attic studs!

 

around here prewired phone wires are stapled unless ran after drywall

 

Staples just mean 'pull harder'


....yes, that's what he said

 

or just use powerlines and skip running lines


Edit:example of one and might be something youd like?

$34 TP-Link AV600 Powerline Ethernet Adapter - Plug&Play, Power Saving, Nano Powerline Adapter, Expand Home Network with Stable Connections (TL-PA4010 KIT)

https://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-Powe...474773280&sr=8-1&keywords=powerlines+ethernet

 

D:

 

what he said^ plus the lines just arent there, they run for about 6" after the jack and then nothing, i think somone already tried the pull harder method lol. also PM's Inbound

 

I have used this with pretty good success. and I am an IT manager... lol just didn't feel like running wire through the insulated ceiling while it's 120F out here in AZ.

 

I would (and have) just bought a cat 5 crimper and a box of cat six cable. I went crazy and made custom cables for EVERYTHING. Modem to router, router to other router, other router to Nas.... Most of my house is hard wired now.

 

Speeds, cat 5, cat 6, are achieved a lot though cable geometry. The number of twists in the pairs. The way the pairs themselves are twisted together. That being said, don't pull around corners, no hard turns.