The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/nite-87 on 2024-12-27 11:43:03.
I am adding wireless access points throughout my house. For now, just two, but I am assuming that I will add more Ethernet drops in the future. The ISP installed their ONT on my back bedroom wall, which is an exterior-facing wall, and so I would like my drops to end up at this point at an 8-jack keystone wall plate. I am already aware that, due to it being an exterior wall, I will have to cut and replace drywall (which is not a problem since my dad and I are determined DIYers and he has a lot of experience replacing and re-texturing). However, I figured I would ask some more experienced folks if my approach is "correct". My house is a single-story standard US wood-frame house from the mid-00s.
We plan to remove some of the wall, in between studs, and secure the smurf tube/ENT conduit to the stud. The ENT will be pushed through a hole drilled into the wall plate at the top. This hole will be drilled via the hole we made in the wall, since the pitch of the roof will likely be too tight to even fit a drill in from the top/attic side. My plan is to then terminate the ENT into a knockout in the work box, then - after putting the insulation back and patching the drywall - pulling the CAT6 through the conduit.
I suppose I should throw in the following two questions:
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What is the best way to go about pulling the CAT6 through? Is it advisable to simply push it through the conduit from the attic side?
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Is it advisable to use a new-work box (secured to a stud) for this?
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Should the CAT6 just come straight out of the conduit in the attic, out of the wall plate, and then secured to the roof beams with stapled straps, or is there a better way?
Thanks to anyone who can answer this. I can provide some aerospace-grade (MS Paint) illustrations to visualize things, if needed. I have never tackled anything like this before, but I do consider myself to be fairly handy and I am reasonably experienced with data cabling in more "controlled" environments (like a rack).