re: Cutting the cord: Ethernet line cost

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Anyone have any idea what I'm looking at for an electrician to run these lines? The good thing is both rooms border each other and share the same wall I will use.

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It just depends on where you're at. There is a company here in Houston that charges about $100 for a line, but they charge you extra for driving there and all that kind of jive. It usually winds up being around $200.

I already knew how to work with Cat5e, Cat6 and Cat6a, so I just bought what I needed from Lowe's and Home Depot. The wall plates are cheap, and the Keystone inserts are extremely easy to work with. They have 568a and 568b labeled. Where you run into the money is buying the tools you need. You're going to need a drill, a paddle bit, a stud finder (if you don't know how to locate studs by tapping on the wall), data line stripper, a pair of small scissors and a pair of finger nail snips. After that, you just need the cable.

Also, if powerline networking doesn't work for some reason. An alternative are MoCA adapters which create an ethernet connection on coax cable outlets.

Get you these and avoid the electrician. Up to 1Gbps speed in your home over existing cable outlets. I use in my home and it works exceptionally well.

Actiontec MoCA 2.0 adapters.

Easy as can be. Put a MoCA filter on the incoming line where it meets the house, then use a splitter on the cable. Here are two drawings I made to show you how you do it. If you do this, be sure to use two MoCA filters (one on your antenna and one on your incoming cable) to keep from broadcasting your service out to the neighbors.





From the network switch, you can connect an Ethernet cable to the TV or to other devices, like a FireTV, or a Plex server, for example, where your gear usually has a cable outlet nearby.