My cable tv is distributed through the attic so it seemed like a good solution to run my home network through there as well.
Running data cable through walls.
Your tools and materials can vary a lot on your needs and what you already may have.
Not using cable management adding cable management is often seen as a would be nice if type of scenario.
Homeowners can run cables inside the walls potentially increasing the value of their house for tech savvy buyers.
Here i have mentioned the needed tools for running network cables from basement to second floor before process steps after process steps and other useful info.
When you ve run all the wires up to the attic then bring each one to the hole that it has to feed down through.
For single floor homes with a basement the basement may be the best path.
Tools ethernet crimping tool only if you re putting plug on the ends 0 true geeks should have one drill primarily for drilling through wall top plates but makes screwing faster too 0 already had paddle bit or hole saw size will vary by how many cables you re running 0 borrowed dads pointed hand saw.
I m making a few home upgrades and began wiring it up for ethernet even before it.
John from the cablesupply team shows how to pull cable through an existing wall while drilling through a stud with the greenlee d versibit system if you ap.
Then to the opposite action have one person feed the cables down through the hole to the destination while another person pulls the cable out from the wall.