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Running Cat6 from the basement question
Ok now you're going to make me sound like an ignoramous. What is a strain relief loop? I did a google search... I'm thinking that I coil some extra cable, and I get how stuffing something into the pvc pipe would help this situation, but: Do I bound the coiled wire with somthing (like a...- jds62f
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- Forum: Switches, NICs and cabling
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Running Cat6 from the basement question
I thought it might be hard to visualize. Theres a piece of 2" pvc mounted vertically in the wall. This allows me to easily go from floor #2 down into the basement. In my room on the second floor, there is a wallplate, and if I take it off I can see this PVC pipe. But its not a single piece...- jds62f
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- Forum: Switches, NICs and cabling
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Running Cat6 from the basement question
I guess it doesn't. Can I find a picture of something that does somewhere? I've got a secondary problem at one of my drop sites. The previous homeowner actually ran a 2" PVC pipe as conduit for upgrades. I plan to use this pipe to run some cable but its more than just a verticle pipe, they...- jds62f
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- Forum: Switches, NICs and cabling
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Running Cat6 from the basement question
Due to the layout of my house, it makes a lot more sense to do my cat6 runs in the basement rather than the attic. The drops themselves will be on the first and second floors of my house. Do I need to worry about the weight of the cable causing too much bending at the keystones? Normally when...- jds62f
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Will MoCA Do What I Want?
I hooked up one of these over the weekend for the similar purpose of HD streaming to my PS3. Overall I think MoCa is a very nice solution. I got everything working in a small amount of time. During regular streaming (ie playing at 1x speed) the transmission topped out @ 50Mbps and I noticed...- jds62f
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- Forum: MoCA, HomePlug, HPNA