It’s time to get down to basics. See there are birds and then there are bees…sorry let me skip ahead. You have built your kick ass HTPC. You got your Mame machine hooked up in the garage and the KitchenPC is good to go. Wiring your house with Cat-5e cable could make transfer times disappear.
You are probably saying to yourself, I’ll go wireless. You could most definitely do that, but you are not going to get the same speeds and you are definitely not going to get the same security as a hardwired network. So give up a weekend and upgrade your house with Instructables user Rogue Agent . Rogue Agent gets into the nuts, bolts, studs, and boxes needed to wire a house with omni-present cable in a fairly professional manner. The tutorial is based on setting up an actual cable switching box on a server-type rack. For those who just need to run cable from one room to another, the tips on finding, mounting, and securing cable through the walls, without your home looking like the scene of a sledgehammer party, are just as helpful.
Have you taken the dive into home cable networking? What guides, tutorials, or tips do you wish you’d known from the start? Tell us, and share the links, in the comments.
[How to Wire Your House With Cat-5 for Networking via Instructables]
