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How much does a low voltage electrical cost to run ethernet around a house? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by clay_not_found@alien.top to c/homenetworking@selfhosted.forum

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I know price can vary quite a bit, but im trying to get a general idea. I want a few ethernet lines run throughout a split level house. The WAN comes into the master bedroom on the upper floor and I want 1 line to the living room in the center of the house on the main floor. I also want 1 line to the basement which is right below the master bedroom. Does anyone know what I can expect the rough cost to be? TIA

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[–] thedude42@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

One thing I discovered recently that has actually been around for a while is MoCA which in the current standard allows you to turn your coax cable in your home in to a 2.5 Gbps LAN. Doing something like this would allow you to drop a switch at each coax outlet in your home for ethernet distribution to that room of the house, and then you can do normal office cable management rather than having to run ethernet behind the walls.

You might price out what the adapters + switches would cost and then compare that price to what it would cost for someone to run the cable for you.

Personally I would only want the most qualified electrician who also knows details like using "plenum grade" cable to run ethernet in my home. I've heard way too many horror stories ranging from poor cable speeds due to damaging cables during install and miss-wiring keystone jacks, all the way to fires.