Structured Wiring Project

This is a project I undertook mostly because I wanted to do it. My only "need" for this project was that I was getting married soon, giving me a second 27" TV. I only had one coax outlet in the living room and none in "our" bedroom. I also knew that I would be getting digital cable and wanted to be able to watch it in the bedroom as well. That meant I would need two coax cables running between the living room (where the digital converter box would be located) and the bedroom. I only had one computer at the time, but I wanted to learn something about networking and wiring, so I did some researching on the internet and came up with a plan. I built myself a new computer since this project and relegated my old computer to the wife so she'd leave my new one alone. Uninterrupted gaming makes me glad I did this project.

The Plan
I did this plan in Visio Technical. I went through many formats before I finally decided on a final plan. I had really wanted to put this all in a cabinet, but that was just to much money. As it was, I think I spent about $700 before I had any real hardware. Almost everything was purchased on the internet, somehow that just seemed appropriate. Prices and vendors are listed on the diagram.




The Patch Panel Cipher

The End Result



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